Jesse Hart will face Ricardo Luna in an eight-round light heavyweight bout on Friday, November 22, at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
The card features five Philadelphia fighters, two from Pennsylvania, and three from nearby New Jersey.
Hart, 31-3 (25 KOs), ranked No. 3 by WBO in the light heavyweight division, is on a five-fight win streak, including four knockouts. Hart has twice challenged for the WBO super middleweight title, narrowly losing both times to Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez.
Luna, 27-12-2 (17 KOs), from Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, is a former Mexican middleweight champion.
In an eight-round welterweight bout, Arnold Gonzalez, 15-1 (7 KOs), of New York, NY, will face Florent “The Tiger” Dervis, 10-2 (5 KOs), originally from France and now based in Boston, MA.
Philly’s Jibril “Pegese” Noble, 6-0 (5 KOs), will take on Camden, NJ’s Naheem Parker, 5-1 (2 KOs), in a six-round lightweight clash.
Jaclyne “The Assassin” McTamney, 2-0 (1 KO), of Southampton, PA, will meet Princeton’s Ayeshia Green (0-1) in a four-round featherweight bout.
Muhsin “The Muslim Boxer” Cason, 12-0 (9 KOs), based in Philadelphia, will compete in a six-round cruiserweight bout. Cason’s brother is former world heavyweight champion Hasim “The Rock” Rahman.
Rasheen Brown, 12-1 (7 KOs), of Philadelphia, will face Juan Antonio “The Wolfe” Lopez, 18-17-1 (8 KOs), of Burleson, Texas, in a six-round featherweight contest.
Thanjhae Teasley, 11-0 (5 KOs), of Allentown, PA, is set for a six-round welterweight bout.
Najeem Johns, 5-1 (4 KOs), of Philadelphia, will fight Danny Murray, 7-7, of Lanoka Harbor, NJ, in a four-round junior welterweight matchup.
Opening the event, Lyndon Patricio, 1-0 (1 KO), of Hawaii, will compete in a four-round bantamweight bout.
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