Jesse Hart: record, next fight and profile →
Jennings, Dawejko Final press Conference photos gallery - The verbal haymakers were flying Thursday afternoon as World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight champion Jessie Magdaleno and No. 1 contender Isaac Dogboe faced off at the final press conference for their world championship main event, Saturday at The Liacouras Center. (photos by Mikey Williams).
The 6-foot-6 Fundora (8-0, 4 KOs) will face Minnesota-based KO artist Veshawn Owens (9-0, 9 KOs) this Friday, April 13, in an eight-round showdown at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The pair will meet on the undercard of the Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes event featuring hometown welterweight Jamal James taking on Abel Ramos (9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT)
There will be no Brotherly Love when JESSIE MAGDALENO defends his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight title against No. 1 contender ISAAC DOGBOE on Saturday, April 28, at The Liacouras Center. The Magdaleno-Dogboe fight will headline a card with plenty of local flavor, as Philadelphia heavyweights BRYANT “BY-BY” JENNINGS and JOEY DAWEJKO rekindle an old rivalry, and Philadelphia native JESSE “Hollywood” HART continues his drive back to a world title challenge when he faces DEMOND NICHOLSON in a super middleweight bout.
Jesse Hart’s goal Saturday night was to become the first fighter to stop veteran Thomas Awimbono. Not even Hart expected it to take just one minute and 28 seconds. Hart caught Awimbono with a right uppercut that dropped the fighter from Ghana just 1:05 into their scheduled 10-round super middleweight match in Corpus Christi, Texas. Awimbono got up, but Hart hit him with another right hand that dropped him to his knees and caused referee Lee Rogers to wave an end to their brief bout.
Super middleweight Jesse Hart, who faces Thomas Awinbono on Saturday night from the Bank of America Center in Corpus Christi, Texas (in a bout that will be aired on ESPNews) is not particularly impressed or interested in the World Boxing Super Series tournament that is taking place in his weight class.
Ancajas vs. Ahmed Top Rank on ESPN will kick off its 2018 season with a sensational Super Bowl weekend world championship event. GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMÍREZ , Mexico's super middleweight champion with the matinee idol looks, defending his world title. Ramírez (36-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, Mexico, will make his third defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title against Top-Five world-rated contender HABIB "Wild Hurricane" AHMED (22-0, 17 KOs) from Accra, Ghana. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.
By Keith Idec - Jesse Hart didn’t really start to feel the overwhelming magnitude of the moment until he stepped into the ring the night of September 22. That’s when it truly hit Hart that he was about to fight for a world title, that ESPN was to televise the most important moment of his boxing life. Sudde...
Back on September 22nd, Jesse Hart lost a close unanimous decision to WBO super middleweight champion, Gilberto Ramirez. Both are in action this Saturday night at the Bank of America Center in Corpus Christi, Texas Ramirez faces Habib Ahmed as the main event on ESPN, while Hart faces Thomas Awimbono in an undercard bout that will be shown beforehand on ESPN.
Ancajas vs. Gonzalez, Lopez, Hart Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Top Rank on ESPN will kick off its 2018 season with a sensational Super Bowl weekend world championship event. GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMÍREZ , Mexico's super middleweight champion with the matinee idol looks, defending his world title. Ramírez (36-0, 24 KOs), from Mazatlan, Mexico, will make his third defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title against Top-Five world-rated contender HABIB "Wild Hurricane" AHMED (22-0, 17 KOs) from Accra, Ghana. Photos by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.
Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman has advised BoxingScene.com that former champion Jose Benavidez Jr. will make his long awaited return on February 3rd in Corpus Christ, Texas. WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto Ramirez faces Habib Ahmed in the ESPN headliner while IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas defends his title against Israel Gonzalez in the televised co-feature.