Showtime announces three-fight preliminary stream

Press Release

23/01/2020

Showtime announces three-fight preliminary stream

Showtime Sports will live stream three undercard bouts featuring a trio of undefeated boxers as part of the undercard action on Saturday, January 25th from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The streams can be viewed on Showtime Sports' Youtube and Facebook accounts. Prior to the Showtime telecast, undefeated 140-pounder Patrick Harris (18-0, 9 KOs), of Washington, D.C., will take on Clay Burns (8-6-2, 4 KOs) of Alexandria, La., in the live stream, which begins at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. In another eight-round attraction, Keeshawn Williams (6-0-1, 2 KOs) of District Heights, Md., will face Gaku Takahashi (16-10-1, 8 KOs) of Japan.  In a six-round opening bout of the streaming coverage, Baltimore middleweight Lorenzo “Truck” Simpson will take on Kansas City’s Antonio Louis Hernandez.

The main Showtime broadcast will be headlined by former  two-division champion Danny Garcia against Ivan “El Terrible’’ Redkach in a WBC welterweight title eliminator. In the co-feature, former WBA/ IBF 154-pound champion “Swift” Jarrett Hurd returns against all-action Francisco “Chia” Santana in a ten-round contest, plus super bantamweight Stephen “Cool Boy Steph’’ Fulton faces undefeated Arnold Khegai in a WBO super bantamweight title eliminator to open the telecast.
 
The 25-year-old Harris turned professional after a highly successful amateur career in 2014 and has steadily increased his level of opposition while building his undefeated resume. The nephew of former champion Lamont Peterson and his brother Anthony, Harris comes from a boxing family. His father, Patrice “Boogie” Harris, is a well-known trainer at Headbangers Gym in Washington, D.C. The slick southpaw was active in 2019, fighting four times. He is coming off a TKO victory over Joaquim Carneiro in November and in March, he won via shutout decision in an event that was headlined by his uncles.
 
Williams, a 22-year-old out of Maryland, has won five consecutive bouts since a split draw in just his second pro fight. Williams will return to Barclays Center for his second straight fight, after he dismantled Mario Alberto Perez Navarro in a first-round TKO on the undercard of Adam Kownacki vs. Chris Arreola in August.
 
The 19-year-old southpaw Simpson has been an active young pro since his debut in December of 2018 as he picked up five victories in 2019. A stablemate of undefeated two-time super featherweight and current WBA regular lightweight title holder Gervonta Davis, Simpson was a 12-time National Champion and six-time Silver Glove Champion as an amateur. He honed his skills at the Upton Boxing Center in West Baltimore under the watchful eye of his trainer Ford.
 
Rounding out the undercard attractions are Staten Island, New York’s Kenny Robles (7-1, 3 KOs) in an eight-round junior welterweight fight against Patterson, New Jersey’s Rickey Edwards (12-4, 3 KOs)... heavyweight Steven Torres (1-0, 1 KO) from Reading, Pennsylvania taking on Williamsville, New York’s Dakota Witkopf (1-1, 1 KO) in a four-round bout... and the pro debut of East Orange, New Jersey’s Rajon Chance in a four-round super bantamweight duel versus Rockville, Maryland’s Akihiro Nakamura (1-0).