“Slick” Michael Anderson will face an opponent to be named, whereas Emmanuel “Salserito” Rodriguez and Khalid Twaiti will face off in a bantamweight crossroads bout on October 12 at Prudential Heart in Newark, N.J.
Anderson (24-3-1, 18 knockouts) of Newark will likely be combating for the fourth time in his final 5 fights at Prudential Heart, having knocked out Eudy Bernardo final December in 5 rounds on the house of the New Jersey Devils. The 43-year-old welterweight has gained his final seven fights courting again 5 years.
Within the co-featured bout, Rodriguez (15-2, 8 KOs) and Twaiti (13-0, 5 KOs) will meet in a ten-round bout with world rating potentialities at stake. Rodriguez, 31, of Newark had beforehand been ranked earlier than a pair of defeats derailed him. Since then the Puerto Rico raised Rodriguez has gained two straight. Twaiti, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y. trains out of Gleason’s Health club and is taking his first important step-up in competitors.
“That is what boxing is all about: fighters stepping as much as tackle challenges. It’s a real blessing to convey an occasion to Prudential Heart. I’m very happy for this chance. This occasion will likely be one to recollect,” mentioned promoter Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna of Rising Star Promotions.
“Prudential Heart could be very excited to companion with Rising Star Promotions to welcome a number of the finest boxing expertise in New Jersey and the tri-state space for the most important version of Brick Metropolis Struggle Night time Collection, so far” mentioned Dylan Wanagiel, VP of Sports activities Properties & Particular Occasions for Prudential Heart. “We look ahead to Saturday, October 12 which will likely be an evening stuffed with electrifying boxing motion whereas persevering with to rejoice the ‘Candy Science’ in Brick Metropolis.”
Different bouts already matched embody Terell Bostic (12-2, 2 KOs) of Wyandanch, N.Y. towards Jersey Metropolis’s Michael Lee (10-3, 7 KOs) in an eight spherical junior welterweight bout.
The cardboard may also function a lot of the area’s rising stars, together with heavyweight prospect Kristian Prenga (15-1, 15 KOs), a tough hitting Albanian heavyweight now based mostly in Edgewater, N.J., plus 2019 Nationwide Golden Gloves champion Anthony Johns (8-1, 6 KOs) of Newark and junior middleweight Jean Pierre Valencia (1-0, 1 KO) of Irvington, N.J. in separate bouts.
Tickets, priced at $306, $231, $121, and $60, go on sale on Tuesday, August 27 at 12 p.m. ET, and might be bought at www.prucenter.com or www.Ticketmaster.com.
Doorways open at 6 p.m. with the primary bout scheduled to start at 6:10 p.m.
