2018 will kick off with a solid boxing card from
Turning Stone Resort Casino in
Verona, NY on
January 12th. This card, which will be televised on
Showtime, features a main event
super middleweight women's bout between two-time
Olympic Gold Medalist Claressa Shields (4-0, 2 KOs) and
Tori Nelson (17-0-3, 2 KOs).
Shields will defend her
IBF/WBC Women's Super Middleweight Title against the undefeated veteran fighter,
Nelson.
Shields, who is coming off a TKO victory over
Nikki Adler (16-1, 9 KOs) in
August, looks to continue her ascent towards boxing stardom by defeating yet another tough opponent in the women's ranks of professional boxing. The 41-year-old
Nelson, who defeated
Latashia Burton (4-10) in
November, looks to capture her first
IBF title over a professional career that has spanned just under eight years.
Nelson is arguably best remembered for her
May 17, 2014 victory over women's boxing legend,
Mia St. John (49-14-2, 19 KOs) for the
Women's International Boxing Association World Welterweight Title.
The following bouts are also scheduled for this exciting night of boxing from
Verona:
Jesse Angel Hernandez (10-1, 7 KOs) vs.
Ernesto Garza (9-2, 5 KOs) - ten rounds, junior featherweights
Christina Hammer (22-0, 10 KOs) vs.
Lisa Noel Garland (15-9, 8 KOs) - ten rounds, female middleweights
Shohjahon Ergashev (10-0) vs.
Sonny Fredrickson (18-0, 12 KOs) - eight rounds, junior welterweights
Apti Davtaev (13-0-1, 13 KOs) vs.
Craig Lewis (14-1-1, 8 KOs) - eight rounds, heavyweights
Nick Brinson (19-4-2, 9 KOs) vs.
Taneal Goyco (9-10-1, 4 KOs) - six or eight rounds, super middleweights
Bakhtiyar Eyubov (13-0, 11 KOs) vs.
Maurice Chalmers (14-13-1, 8 KOs) - six or eight rounds, junior welterweights
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