Former WBO featherweight titleholder Heather Hardy will headline a boxing occasion on February 23 when she faces Taynna Cardoso in an eight-round junior light-weight bout at Sony Corridor in New York Metropolis.
The present can be promoted by Boxing Insider in affiliation with DiBella Leisure.
Hardy (23-2, 4 knockouts) of Brooklyn, N.Y. headlined a Boxing Insider card in her final bout, when she decisioned Calista Salgado. Now the 41-year-old Hardy is making an attempt to increase her win streak to 2 as she fights her manner again into rivalry following back-to-back losses to Amanda Serrano and Jessica Camara.
She may have to take action with out her long-time coach Hector Roca, who died earlier this month at age 82. Hardy says she is impressed by her last interplay with the person she calls ‘Papa.’
“The day earlier than he died, we sat in his hospital room, me on the nook of the mattress. He put his hand over mine and stated ‘Child, all of them assume you previous your prime, however you didn’t hit it but. That is going to be your yr.’ I’m prepared and exited to begin 2023 off proper, right here in entrance of all my NYC followers for ‘Papa.’”
Cardoso (5-1, 1 KO) of São Paulo, Brazil is preventing for the second time in the USA, and is coming off a loss to her compatriot Beatriz Ferreira in November.
Additionally slated for the cardboard, Frederic Julan (12-2, 10 KOs) of Brooklyn by means of Paris will face Decarlo Perez (19-7, 6 KOs) of Atlantic Metropolis in an eight-round mild heavyweight bout. The 34-year-old Julan is hoping to bounce again from again to again losses to Khainell Wheeler and Joseph Ward. Perez, 31, pushed the favored Nadim Salloum to the restrict on the last Boxing Insider card, dropping a majority determination.
Elon De Jesus (4-1-1, 3 KOs) of Orlando, who’s greatest identified for his draw and cut up determination loss to Rajon Probability, may even be in motion in a six-round junior featherweight bout. Three different fights are additionally anticipated to be introduced quickly.
Ryan Songalia has written for ESPN, the New York Day by day Information, Rappler and The Guardian, and is a part of the Craig Newmark Graduate Faculty of Journalism Class of 2020. He may be reached at [email protected].
