Beltway Boxers To Be Shown On Television And Streamed From New York On Saturday!

A number of local pros will be showcased on Saturday, January 25th from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.  One will be shown on the Showtime boxing telecast and three more will be streamed on both YouTube and Facebook.

The co-feature marks the return of former IBF/WBA/IBO Super Welterweight champion "Swift" Jarrett Hurd of Accokeek, MD who will battle Francisco "Chia" Santana of Santa Barbara, CA in a 10-round battle.  This will be the first bout for Hurd (23-1, 16 KO's) since losing the world titles to Julian Williams on May 11th in Fairfax, VA.  Santana (25-7-1, 12 KO's) looks to bounce back from a 10-round unanimous decision loss to Abel Ramos on March 9th in Carson, CA.  The Hurd-Santana bout is part of a tripleheader on Showtime that will get underway at 9 PM ET.

Prior to that contest, there will be three bouts on the Showtime Championship Boxing Countdown internet card and all three will feature undefeated Beltway Boxers.  Hyattsville, MD super lightweight Patrick "YG Pat" Harris will be in an eight-round contest against Clay "3rd Degree" Burns of Fort Worth, TX.  Harris (18-0, nine KO's) is coming off a sixth-round TKO win over Joaquim Carneiro on November 2nd in Oxon Hill, MD.  Burns (8-6-2, four KO's) had a three-bout winning streak broken when he lost a six-round unanimous decision to Francisco Ochoa on September 21st in Bakersfield, CA.

District Heights, MD welterweight "The Next Big Thing" Keeshawn Williams will be in his first scheduled eight-round bout against Gaku "Maton" Takahashi of Los Angeles, CA by way of Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan.  Williams (6-0-1, two KO's) competes for the second straight time in Barclays Center.  In his last outing, Williams scored a first-round TKO over Mario Alberto Perez Navarro on August 3rd.  Takahashi (16-10-1, eight KO's) will be looking to break a three-bout losing streak.

Baltimore, MD super middleweight Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson will be in a scheduled six-round encounter against Antonio Louis Hernandez of Kansas City, KS.  Simpson (6-0, four KO's) went a full six rounds in winning a unanimous decision against Delvecchio Savage in his last bout on November 16th in Glen Burnie, MD.  Hernandez (2-10-1) battled to a four-round draw against Saleem Kelly on December 7th in Atlantic City, NJ.

The Showtime Boxing Countdown internet show will get underway at 7 PM ET.

One other boxer with local ties is slated to be on the card.  Super bantamweight Akihiro Nakamura (1-0) will take on the debuting Rajon Chance of East Orange, NJ.  Nakamura is a native of Rockville, MD but now lives in Duluth, GA.  Nakamura won his pro debut on September 22nd, taking a four-round majority decision over Diego Bautista.