Uncasville, CT - WBA and WBC Super Lightweight (140 lb. weight class) Champion, Kostya Tszyu steps into the ring to defend his titles against Oktay Urkal. Also, on the same card, Brooklyn, New York's own Zab Judah will once again defend his IBF Junior Welterweight (140 lb. weight class) title against the IBF number one contender Allan Vestor, at Mohegan Sun's Uncas Pavilion on Saturday, June 23rd.
Held in Mohegan Sun's Uncas Pavilion, tickets for this championship-boxing event go on sale Friday, June 1st at 9:00 am, and will be available at Mohegan Sun's in-house Box Office, on-line through tickets.com, or by calling tickets.com at 1.888.332.5600 at a cost of $100, $75 and $50. Doors will open at 7:00pm, and the first bout begins promptly at 7:30pm. SHOWTIME will broadcast this event, live, beginning at 10:00pm.
Kostya Tszyu (26-1-1, 22 KOs) hails from Sydney, Australia by way of Russia. His last nine battles were won by way of knockout. In his most recent fight, he defeated Sharmba Mitchell with a seventh round TKO to unify his WBA and WBC titles. Tszyu is a relentless puncher with heavy fists and has used his power to unify the titles in the talent-laden Junior Welterweight division.
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Senior Editor Tony Scott catches up with Zab Judah after the Green bout. (BoxingGurus.com)
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Oktay Urkal (26-0, 9 KOs) from Berlin, Germany has proven himself against every adversary that he has swapped leather with. He has held the WBC International Championship belt since 1998 and the European Super Lightweight Belt since 2000. He won the Silver medal in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
Touted as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in professional boxing, Brooklyn, New York's Zab "Super" Judah (26-0, 20 KOs), from Brooklyn, NY, has not lost since turning pro in 1996. The current IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion has defeated every adversary that has stepped into the ring against him will defend his title at Mohegan Sun for the fourth time on June 23rd.
Allan Vester (18-0-1, 3 KOs) is the IBF number one Junior Welterweight contender, behind only Zab Judah. The scrappy Danish boxer has had an impressive professional record since he began fighting in 1998, with most of his bouts being fought in Europe. Vester is expected to give Judah one of his toughest tests yet.
In addition to the exhilarating championship battles between Urkal and Tszyu as well as Vester and Judah, a barn burner of an undercard featuring Main Events' Olympic fighters Francisco Bojado, Rocky Juarez and Juan Diaz will round out this incredible evening of fisticuffs fury at Mohegan Sun's Uncas Pavilion on Saturday, June 23rd. All bouts subject to change.