Sean Hemphill vs. David Stevens: date, time, how to watch, background
Unbeaten super middleweight prospects Sean Hemphill and David Stevens will face off Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation” from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
SEAN HEMPHILL (14-0, 8 KOS) VS. DAVID STEVENS (11-0, 8 KOS)
- Date: Friday, Jan. 20
- Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- TV/Stream: Showtime
- Division: Super middleweights (168 pounds)
- At stake: No major titles
- Pound-for-pound ranking: None
- Odds: NA
- Also on the card: Atif Oberlton vs. Artem Brusov, light heavyweights; Julian Gonzalez vs. Rosalindo Morales, lightweights
- Prediction: Stevens MD
- Background: The first “ShoBox: The New Generation” show of the year features six fighters with a combined record of 61-0-1 (43 KOs). In the main event, former top U.S. amateurs Sean Hemphill and David Stevens will face off in a scheduled eight-round 168-pound bout. Hemphill is a 27-year-old from New Orleans who is trained by Buddy McGirt. The 22-year-old Stevens is from Reading, Pennsylvania, about a one-hour drive from the site of the fight. He works with Ronnie Shields. Also on the card, Atif Oberlton (7-0, 6 KOs) of Philadelphia will face Russian Artem Brusov (12-0, 11 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round 175-pound matchup. And Julian Gonzalez (8-0-1, 8 KOs) of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania will fight Rosalindo Morales (9-0, 2 KOs) of Ellwood, Pennsylvania in a scheduled eight-round 135-pound bout.