Saturday’s HBO Boxing After Dark doubleheader telecast airs at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT).
The HBO telecast kicks off live from the Adrian Phillips Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall when junior welterweights Thomas Dulorme and Karim Mayfield clash for 10 rounds.
The evening’s main attraction features a matchup of undefeateds as 175-pound champion Sergey Kovalev squares off against Cedric Agnew in 12-round title fight.
Official Weights from Atlantic City:
Sergey Kovalev: 174.3 lbs.
Cedric Agnew: 174.4 lbs.
Thomas Dulorme: 139.6 lbs.
Karim Mayfield: 139.8 lbs.
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Lionell “Lonnie B” Thompson
Radivoje “Hot Rod” Kalajdzic
Buffalo, NY
St. Petersburg, FL
15-2, 9 KO’s
14-0, 10 KO’s
Weight: 178.2 Weight: 173.4
Campfort & Abdullaev
Photo Credits: Rich Graessle/Main Events
Wilky Campfort
Khurshid Abdullaev
Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Russia
16-1, 9 KO’s
6-0-1, 3 KO’s
Weight: 156.4 Weight: 154.4
Excell Holmes
Photo Credits:
Rich Graessle/Main Events
Adam Kownacki
Photo Credits:
Rich Graessle/Main Events
Adam Kownacki
Excell Holmes
Brooklyn, NY
Buffalo, NY
5-0, 5 KO’s
2-2-1, 1 KO
Weight: 254 Weight: 244
Jastrzebski & Mitchell
Photo Credits: Rich Graessle/Main Events
Rafael Jastrzebski
Michael Mitchell
Vineland, NJ
Paterson, NJ
4-7-1, 1 KO
2-3-2
Weight: 166 Weight: 163.8
Romero & Smith
Photo Credits: Rich Graessle/Main Events
Wellington Romero
Gerald Smith
Newburgh, NY
Philadelphia, PA
2-0, 1 KO
3-0, 1 KO
Weight: 138.6 Weight: 139.2
Crooks & Garcia
Photo Credits: Rich Graessle/Main Events
Dushane Crooks
Ismael Garcia
Brooklyn, NY
Vineland, NJ
6-0, 4 KO’s
5-0, 3 KO’s
Weight: 153.4 Weight: 156
*Cedric Agnew originally weighed in at 175.8 lbs. After 45 minutes, he weighed in a second time at 174.4 lbs.
About March 29:
March 29 features the WBO Light Heavyweight World Title showdown between Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (23-0-1, 21KOs) and Cedric Agnew (26-0-0, 13 KOs) from the Ballroom at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic, City, NJ. The telecast will begin live on HBO Boxing After Dark at 10:00 PM ET/PT with the Thomas Dulorme vs. Karim Mayfield co-feature. The event is presented by Main Events in association with Caesars Atlantic City. Tickets are on sale now through TicketMaster online at www.ticketmaster.com or via phone (800) 736-1420. Fans can also contact Main Events for tickets at (973) 200-7050. Ticket prices are $26, $51, $77 and $152. Doors will open at 6:30 PM ET. Undercard bouts will be announced shortly.
For fight updates go to www.mainevents.com, www.CaesarsAC.com, www.BoardwalkHall.com or www.hbo.com/boxing, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MainEventsBoxing, www.facebook.com/CaesarsAtlanticCity, www.facebook.com/BoardwalkHall or www.facebook.com/HBOboxing and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Main_Events, https://twitter.com/CaesarsAC, https://twitter.com/BoardwalkHall and https://twitter.com/HBOboxing.
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