PBC adds Andre Dirrell to Saturday's New Jersey show

Source: PBC

27/07/2021

PBC adds Andre Dirrell to Saturday's New Jersey show

The full undercard has been announced for this Saturday's PBC show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.  At 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT following the Fox broadcast will be FS1 PBC Fight Night topped by Olympic bronze medalist Andre Dirrell competing for the second time at light heavyweight as he faces Philadelphia’s Christopher Brooker in a ten-round fight. The FS1 telecast also features unbeaten featherweight Maliek Montgomery dueling Ángel Contreras in a ten-round attraction and welterweight Paul Kroll squaring off against Justin DeLoach in a ten-round showdown. Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by TGB Promotions, are on sale now and can be purchased through Ticketmaster.com. 
 
The non-televised undercard will feature unbeaten Patterson, New Jersey-native Norman Neely (8-0, 7 KOs) in a six-round heavyweight attraction against Texas’ Juan Torres (6-3-1, 3 KOs)... Philadelphia-born junior welterweight Karl Dargan (19-1, 9 KOs) battling Los Angeles' Ivan Delgado (13-3-2, 6 KOs) in an eight-round attraction... Maryland’s Keeshawn Williams (7-0-1, 2 KOs) taking on Missouri’s Noah Kidd (6-3-2, 5 KOs in a six-round welterweight tilt... and Newark’s own Michael Anderson (20-3-1, 14 KOs) in a six-round welterweight bout facing Tennessee’s DeMarcus Rogers (14-3-1, 5 KOs). 
 
Rounding out the night of action is Denville, New Jersey’s Nicky Vitone looking to remain unbeaten in a four-round welterweight fight against Jordan Rosario... unbeaten Philadelphian Quadir Albright taking on Jared Tallent in a six-round junior middleweight tilt... and the pro debut of Avenel, New Jersey’s Malik Nelson in a four-round super featherweight duel versus Alejandro Ramirez. 
 
The three previously announced featured fights are undefeated heavyweight Michael Coffie against late replacement Jonathan Rice, welterweight James Martin battling local favorite Vito Mielnicki Jr. in an eight-round rematch and unbeaten Joey Spencer taking on Dan Karpency in an eight-round showdown. 
 
An accomplished veteran contender in the 168-pound division, Dirrell (34-2-1, 25 KOs) returns to the ring for the second time at light heavyweight after a successful debut in December 2021 in which he knocked out Juan Ubaldo Cabrera in round five. The Flint, Michigan native and brother of two-time champion Anthony, Dirrell won a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics and lost narrow decisions in world title fights against Carl Froch and James DeGale.
 
Dirrell will be opposed by the 30 year-old Philadelphia-native Brooker (16-7, 6 KOs), who has scored a pair of victories so far in 2021. Prior to those two triumphs, Brooker’s previous two outings saw him drop a June 2019 contest to Michael Seals and defeat Lanell Bellows in September 2018.
 
The 25 year-old Montgomery (10-0, 10 KOs) turned pro in 2017 after an amateur career that included two national Golden Gloves titles and victories over recognizable names such as Edgar Berlanga, Keeshawn Williams and Joseph Adorno, to name a few. The Macon, Georgia born fighter has stopped all 10 of his opponents inside of the distance in his pro career to date.
 
Montgomery will face the 27-year-old Contreras (10-4-2, 6 KOs), who most recently fought unbeaten Jalan Walker to a draw in April. The Monterrey, Mexico native’s previous outing had seen him drop a narrow split-decision against super bantamweight contender Ramon Cardenas in February.
 
A decorated U.S. amateur from the fighter-rich city of Philadelphia, Kroll (8-0, 6 KOs) turned pro in August 2018 with a first-round stoppage of DeAngelo Alcorn. The 26-year-old ended his first four fights inside of two rounds before going the distance and beating then unbeaten Shinard Bunch in August 2019. Most recently, Kroll’s 2020 campaign saw him score a TKO victory over Marcel Rivers in January and a unanimous decision over Luke Santamaria on FS1 in October.
 
Kroll will be opposed by DeLoach (19-5, 10 KOs), who will look to return to the win column after dropping his last contest to unbeaten welterweight Eimantas Stanionis in November. The 27-year-old from Augusta, Georgia put together an impressive run in 2017, defeating three-straight unbeaten fighters in Dillon Cook, Junior Castillo and Domonique Dolton, before knocking out Christopher Pearson in 2017.