Joseph Adorno

Joseph “Blessed Hands” Adorno, a former amateur standout with one-punch knockout power, will face Hugo Alberto Roldan in a new 10-round super lightweight main event on SHOBOX: The New Generation on Friday, September 9, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT from Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel & Casino’s Grand Ballroom.

The World Boxing Organisation World Feather Champion Emanuel Navarrete will defend his title against Christopher Diaz. Navarrete won the title in 2020 when he gained weight and change the division. His opponent was Ruben Villa. Navarrete is a former WBO World Super Bantam Champion with 5 successful defences of the title. Christopher Diaz is former WBO NABO Super Feather Champion. He has only one successful defence of the title but is but he is battle-tested, having challenged Masayuki Ito for the WBO junior lightweight world title in July 2018. Diaz rebounded from a 2019 points loss to Shakur Stevenson, besting former world title challenger Jason Sanchez over 10 rounds last June inside the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble.

Top super lightweight contenders will square off as popular knockout artist Subriel Matías meets undefeated Argentinian Jeremías Ponce for the vacant IBF Super Lightweight World Championship.

Philadelphia’s undefeated welterweight sensation Jaron “Boots” Ennis defends his interim title against all-action Roiman Villa in an explosive main event between two fighters with a combined KO rate of 89 percent. Ennis was forced to go the full 12 rounds for the first time in his career in his last fight, while Villa also earned a decision win over previously unbeaten Rashidi Ellis that same night in January. Plus, lightweights Edwin De Los Santos and Joseph Adorno clash. Live on SHOWTIME.

Top super welterweight contender and rising star Tim Tszyu, the son of former unified champion Kostya, makes his long-awaited U.S. debut against U.S. Olympian and rugged veteran Terrell Gausha. Australia’s Tszyu has won his first 20 pro fights to make a name for himself as one of the most promising contenders at 154 pounds while Gausha has provided stiff competition for some of the division’s elite fighters. Plus, undefeated lightweight contender Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno and Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan José Velasco. Live on SHOWTIME.

WBC light heavyweight world champion Oleksandr “The Nail” Gvozdyk and IBF light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev will fight in a highly anticipated title unification bout at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia.

Joseph Adorno and Nicholas Walters prepare for a 10-round lightweight bout at ProBox TV Event Center, Tampa, FL, USA.