Former world champion Heather “The Warmth” Hardy will take one other step to turn into a contender as soon as once more when she battles former Brazilian champion Taynna Cardoso on February 23 at Sony Corridor, within the coronary heart of Instances Sq., mid-town Manhattan.
Hardy vs. Cardoso, an eight-round tremendous featherweight bout, is the principle occasion of the present promoted by Boxing Insider in affiliation with DiBella Leisure.
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Featured on the undercard is a battle of undefeated knockout authorities, Colombia native Juan Carrillo and Plainfield, NJ’s Akhiem Nurse, in an eight-round gentle heavyweight bout.
Rounding out the cardboard, Brooklyn’s Frederic “French Revolution” Julan will conflict with South Jersey’s Decarlo “3medno” Perez in an eight-round gentle heavyweight bout; Dunkirk, NY’s Elon “El Leon” de Jesuswill battle in a six-round tremendous bantamweight contest in opposition to Juan Pablo Meza; New York Metropolis’s Michael Hughes and Nelson Morales will battle in a four-round tremendous light-weight contest; and opening the present will likely be Mongolia’s Tsendbaatar Erdenebat opposing Chile’s Cristian Oliveres in a six-round tremendous featherweight bout.
“Very grateful to DiBella Leisure and Boxing Insider for going out of their manner to make sure me a slot on this present that will likely be honoring my late coach, mentor, and papa, Hector Roca,” stated Hardy. “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 suppose you previous your prime, however you didn’t hit it but. That is going to be your yr’. I’m coaching exhausting as at all times and I’ll be prepared and I’m excited to begin 2023 off proper, right here in entrance of all my NYC followers for papa.”
“We’re excited to have Heather Hardy again as she appears to be like to honor her late nice coach, Hector Roca. The Julan-Perez battle is a real 50/50 native battle, Elon de Jesus is among the hottest prospects to return out of New York in a while and and we’re excited to showcase his expertise,” stated Boxing Insider’s Larry Goldberg.
Heather Hardy (23-2, 4 KO’s), Brooklyn born and raised and former World Boxing Group Featherweight Champion, will deliver “The Warmth” as soon as once more after headlining Boxing Insider’s promotional debut on October 13. Heather is a graduate of John Jay Faculty in Brooklyn, started boxing within the health club at age twenty-four and made her skilled debut in 2012 on the tender age of twenty-eight. In 2014 she gained the vacant WBC International super bantamweight title and in 2016 gained the WBC Worldwide featherweight title. On October 27, 2018, Heather turned world champion, profitable the WBO featherweight title with a unanimous choice win over Shelly Vincent at Madison Sq. Backyard. Heather misplaced the title the next September in a unified title battle to WBC World Champion Amanda Serrano in a conflict of ladies boxing stars. Most lately, Heather gained a unanimous choice in opposition to Calista Silgado on October 22. Taynnaa Cardoso (5-1, 1KO) from Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil made her professional debut in 2017 and gained the Brazilian featherweight title in simply her second battle.
Juan Carrillo (9-0, 7 KOs) from Barranquilla, Colombia is on a five-fight streak of these not going the gap. Juan made his professional debut on Could 17, 2019 and gained the World Boxing Affiliation Fedecentro gentle heavyweight title on March 12, 2021 with a third-round stoppage.
Akhiem Nurse (10-0, 9 KOs), from Plainfield, NJ, boasts a streak of 9 stoppages, all coming after his solely battle that went the gap, his 2018 professional debut. Since then his fights have led to rounds 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 1, 4 and most lately spherical 3, on November 12, whereas profitable the American Boxing Federation Intercontinental Americas tremendous middleweight title. On this battle of sunshine heavyweight bangers, somebody’s 0 has acquired to go!
Frederic “French Revolution” Julan (12-2, 10 KOs) was born in Paris and now resides in Brooklyn. He made his professional debut in 2016 and gained his first ten bouts. Julan is seeking to rebound from two powerful choice losses, most lately at Madison Sq. Backyard. Decarlo “3medno” Perez (19-7, 6 KOs), from Atlantic Metropolis, is a former USA New Jersey State Tremendous Middleweight Champion and a Jersey Shore fan favourite. His final battle was a tricky, majority choice loss to Nadim Salloum at Sony Corridor in December.
Elon “El Leon” de Jesus (4-1, 3 KOs) from Dunkirk, NY, made his skilled debut on December 18, 2020. Elon will battle in a six-round bantamweight bout in opposition to Juan Pablo Meza (6-2, 1 KO) from Conchali, Chile, made his skilled debut in 2018 and will likely be combating as a professional for the primary time exterior his dwelling nation.
Michael Hughes (3-1, 1 KO) from New York, New York, Hell’s Kitchen born and raised, former NYC Golden Gloves Champion, is head coach and trains on the famed Church Avenue Gymnasium, will battle Nelson Morales (3-2). The Dominican Morales now resides in Scranton, PA.
Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (4-0, 2 KOs) from Tsetserleg, Momgolia made his professional debut in 2018 and will likely be combating within the USA for the primary time in opposition to Cristian Oliveres (10-0, 5 KOs) from Santiago de Chile, Chile. Oliveras has been combating professionally since 2014 and gained the Chilean light-weight title in 2019.
Streaming and extra match info will likely be introduced shortly.
ABOUT BOXING INSIDER
Established in 1997 as a premier boxing information and data vacation spot, Boxing Insider has lately transitioned into the promotional enterprise. This will likely be Boxing Insider’s third skilled boxing promotion. It has promoted one beginner boxing occasion and two skilled occasions, on October 13 and December 21, each at Sony Corridor, Instances Sq., New York, NY.
