WHO:
All the participants for CES Boxing’s 2016 Twin River Casino Fight Series season finale, featuring the Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) Junior Middleweight Title bout between champion Khiary Gray and challenger Chris Chatman, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 21st, 2016 at Twin River Casino beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
WHAT:
Final press conference / weigh in for “CES Boxing presents: Chatman vs. Gray.” This event is open to the public.
WHERE:
Twin River Casino
Wicked Good Bar & Grill (2nd floor)
100 Twin River Road
Lincoln, RI 02865
WHEN:
Thursday, Oct. 20th, 2016
3:30 p.m. ET
WHY:
CES Boxing closes its 2016 season with a bang as Worcester, Mass., junior middleweight Khiary Gray (13-1, 10 KOs) defends his Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) International and Northeast 154-pound titles against Chicago’s Chris Chatman (14-5-1, 5 KOs), who makes his eighth appearance at Twin River Casino.
Thursday’s final weigh-in and press conference is open to the public, beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Tickets are priced at $47.00, $67.00, $102.00 and $152.00 (VIP) and can be purchased online at www.cesboxing.com, www.twinriver.com or www.ticketmaster.com, by phone at 401-724-2253/2254 or at the Twin River Casino Players Club. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Worcester middleweight Kendrick Ball Jr. (3-0-1, 3 KOs) aims for his fourth win in his fifth pro fight in a four-round bout against Oregon’s Rafael Valencia (3-4-1, 2 KOs) and Worcester super middleweight Ben Peak makes his professional debut in a four-round bout against Jose Rivera (1-0, 1 KO) of Hartford, Conn.
Worcester’s Irvin Gonzalez Jr. (3-0, 3 KOs) returns to face Providence, R.I., native Cido Hoff (1-0-1) in a four-round featherweight bout and Jamaine Ortiz (2-0, 2 KOs), also of Worcester, puts his unbeaten record on the line against veteran junior welterweight Isaiah Robinson (3-3, 2 KOs) of Durham, N.C.
New London, Conn., junior welterweight Cristobal Marrero (1-0, 1 KO) takes on Woburn, Mass., vet Bruno Dias (0-1); junior welterweight Jonathan Figueroa (1-0, 1 KO) of Hartford, Conn., faces Philadelphia’s Shavonte Dixon (0-1); and former amateur standout Anthony Marsella Jr. (1-0) of Providence makes his Rhode Island debut against Philadelphia’s Bardraiel Smith (0-1) in a junior welterweight bout, all three in four rounds.
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