Former world champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy will take another step towards being a competitor again when she fights former Brazilian champion Taynna Cardoso February 23 at Sony Hall in the heart of Times Square in midtown Manhattan.
Hardy versus Cardoso, an eight-round super featherweight bout, is the main event of the show promoted by Boxing Insider in association with DiBella Entertainment.
Tickets, starting at $85 for general admission, are available HERE
Featured on the undercard is an undefeated Knockout Authority battle from Colombia Juan Carrillo and Plainfield, NJ Nurse Akhim, in an eight-round light heavyweight bout.
To complete the menu, Brooklyn’s Frederic “French Revolution” Julan will conflict with South Jersey Decarlo “3medno” Perez in an eight-round light heavyweight bout; Dunkirk, NY Elon “El Leon” de Jesuswill fight in a six-round super bantamweight contest against Juan Pablo Meza; New York City Michael Hughes And Nelson Moraux will fight in a four-round super lightweight contest; and the opening of the show will be Mongolia Tsendbaatar Erdenebat against Chile Cristian Oliveres in a six-round super featherweight bout.
“Very grateful to DiBella Entertainment and Boxing Insider for going out of their way to secure me a spot on this show which will honor my late trainer, mentor and dad, Hector Roca,” Hardy said. “The day before he died, we sat in his hospital room, me on the corner of the bed. He put his hand on mine and said ‘baby, they all think you’re past your prime, but you haven’t reached it yet. It’s going to be your year’. I’m training hard as always and I’ll be ready and I’m excited to start 2023 on the right foot, here in front of all my NYC fans for dad.
“We are delighted to reunite with Heather Hardy as she seeks to honor her late great coach, Hector Roca. The Julan-Perez fight is a true homegrown 50/50 fight, Elon de Jesus has been one of the hottest prospects to come out of New York in quite some time and we’re excited to show off his skills,” said Larry Goldberg of BoxingInsider.
Heather Hardy (23-2, 4 KOs), born and raised in Brooklyn and former World Boxing Organization featherweight champion, will once again bring “The Heat” after headlining Boxing Insider’s promotional debut on the 13th. october. Heather graduated from John Jay College in Brooklyn, started indoor boxing at age twenty-four and made her professional debut in 2012 at age twenty-eight. In 2014 she won the vacant WBC International super bantamweight title and in 2016 the WBC International featherweight title. On October 27, 2018, Heather became world champion, winning the WBO featherweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Shelly Vincent at Madison Square Garden. Heather lost the title the following September in a unified title fight against WBC world champion Amanda Serrano in a clash of women’s boxing stars. Most recently, Heather won a unanimous decision over Calista Silgado on October 22. Taynna Cardoso (5-1, 1KO) from Jundiai, Sao Paulo, Brazil made his professional debut in 2017 and won the Brazilian featherweight title in just his second fight.
Juan Carrillo (9-0, 7 KO) of Barranquilla, Colombia is on a five-fight streak of those who can’t go the distance. Juan made his professional debut on May 17, 2019 and won the World Boxing Association Fedecentro light heavyweight title on March 12, 2021 with a third-round stoppage.
Akhiem Nurse (10-0, 9 KOs), of Plainfield, NJ, boasts a nine stoppage streak, all coming after his only fight that went the distance, his professional debut in 2018. Since then his fights have ended in rounds 1, 1, 2, 3, 4 , 2, 1, 4 and most recently the 3rd round on November 12 while winning the American Boxing Federation Intercontinental Americas super middleweight title. In this battle of light and heavy bangers, someone’s 0 has to go!
Frederic “French Revolution” Julan (12-2, 10 KOs) was born in Paris and now resides in Brooklyn. He made his professional debut in 2016 and won his first ten fights. Julan is looking to bounce back from two tough decision losses, the most recent at Madison Square Garden. Decarlo “3medno” Perez (19-7, 6 KOs), of Atlantic City, is a former New Jersey State super middleweight champion in the United States and a Jersey Shore fan favorite. His last fight was a tough majority loss to Nadim Salloum at Sony Hall in December.
Elon “El Leon” de Jesus (4-1, 3 KOs) of Dunkirk, NY, made his professional debut on Dec. 18, 2020. Elon will fight in a six-round bantamweight bout against Juan Pablo Meza (6-2, 1 KO) from Conchali, Chile made his professional debut in 2018 and will be fighting as a pro for the first time outside of his home country.
Michael Hughes (3-1, 1 KO) of New York, New York, Hell’s Kitchen was born and raised, former New York Golden Gloves champion, head trainer and trainer at famed Church Street Gym, will fight Nelson Morales (3-2). Dominican Morales now resides in Scranton, PA.
Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (4-0, 2 KOs) from Tsetserleg, Momgolia made his pro debut in 2018 and will fight in the USA for the first time against Cristian Oliveres (10-0, 5 KOs) from Santiago de Chile, Chile. Oliveras has been fighting professionally since 2014 and won the Chilean lightweight title in 2019.
Streaming and additional match information will be announced shortly.
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Founded in 1997 as the premier destination for boxing news and information, Boxing Insider has recently transitioned into the promotions business. This will be Boxing Insider’s third professional boxing promotion. He promoted an amateur boxing event and two pro events, October 13 and December 21, both at Sony Hall, Times Square, New York, NY.
