{"id":23062,"date":"2019-02-14T09:45:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/?p=23062"},"modified":"2020-06-19T13:46:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T18:46:54","slug":"steve-farhood-talks-undefeated-welterweight-prospects-shohjahon-ergashev-and-mykal-fox-to-headline-shobox-the-new-generation-on-friday-february-15-live-on-showtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/steve-farhood-talks-undefeated-welterweight-prospects-shohjahon-ergashev-and-mykal-fox-to-headline-shobox-the-new-generation-on-friday-february-15-live-on-showtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Farhood talks UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHT PROSPECTS SHOHJAHON ERGASHEV AND MYKAL FOX TO HEADLINE SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 LIVE ON SHOWTIME\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><\/p>\n<p>UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHT PROSPECTS SHOHJAHON ERGASHEV AND MYKAL FOX TO HEADLINE SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 LIVE ON SHOWTIME\u00ae<\/p>\n<p> <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AntCYjfKv-M\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>ShoBox Veteran Jesse Hernandez Returns to Face Toughest Test To Date in Thomas Ward Live At 10 p.m. ET\/PT From Kansas Star Casino<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 January 16, 2019 \u2013 A 10-round clash between undefeated welterweight prospects will headline ShoBox: The New Generation when Uzbekistan\u2019s power-puncher Shohjahon Ergashev takes on Mykal Fox Friday, February 15 live on SHOWTIME from Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan.<\/p>\n<p>The second of two February editions of the prospect developmental series will feature four fighters with a combined record of 71 wins against just one loss. Undefeated super middleweight prospect Ronald Ellis will take on DeAndre Ware headlines a three-fight ShoBox telecast on February 1.<\/p>\n<p>In the February 15 co-featured fight, 28-year-old ShoBox veteran Jesse Angel Hernandez returns to face WBO No. 4-ranked Thomas Ward in what will likely be the toughest test of his career in a 10-round WBO Super Bantamweight Title Eliminator.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Ergashev (15-0, 14 KOs) is a former six-year member of the Uzbek national team where he won 202 of his 216 amateur bouts.  A decorated amateur, Ergashev owns a win over Uzbekistan\u2019s Shakhram Giyasov, a silver medalist in the welterweight division at the 2016 Rio Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Ergashev, who started his pro career by registering 11 consecutive knockouts, made his ShoBox debut in January 2018, handing then-unbeaten and top-10 ranked 140-pound prospect Sonny Fredrickson the only loss of his career with a third-round TKO. The southpaw slugger, who was named one of ESPN\u2019s top prospects of 2018, trains in Detroit under Javan \u201cSugar\u201d Hill Steward and Rick Phillips at the famed Kronk Gym in Detroit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to fight on SHOWTIME again,\u201d said Egashev. \u201cEveryone says Mykal Fox is my toughest opponent to date, but that doesn\u2019t concern me. It actually excites me because when I knock him out, just like I knocked out Sonny Fredrickson out, all of the champions in my weight class will know I am coming for them soon. It\u2019s going to be Shoh-time in 2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unlike his opponent, Fox, 23, had a rocky amateur journey amassing 40 wins and 60 losses\u2014two of his wins over undefeated top prospect Lamont Roach. Fox, a 6-foot 3 \u00bd-inches from Forestville, Md., admitted that he was not disciplined and fully committed to the sweet science in his teenage years, but once he turned pro in 2014 everything changed, boxing became his way of life. Since then, he has defeated all of his 19 opponents, five by way of knockout. He owns victories over the likes of former world champion DeMarcus \u201cChop Chop\u201d Corley, Ricardo Garcia and Anthony Mercado.<\/p>\n<p>Fox, who is moving up in weight for this fight, comes from a family of boxers. He is trained by his father Troy and his older brother and former ShoBox fighter Alantez (24-1-1, 11 KOs) is a 160-pound prospect whose only defeat came by the hands of Demetrius Andrade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a dream of mine to fight on ShoBox. It has catapulted the careers of some of my favorite fighters,\u201d said Fox who is making his debut on the series. \u201cI\u2019m hoping it will catapult my career too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy opponent is a good fighter. He has good feet, good speed and great power. This is going to be a fight that can potentially steal the show. I look forward to seeing how our styles matched up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez (12-1, 7 KOs) broke onto the scene in 2017 with back-to-back wins over previously undefeated, top-15 ranked fighters on ShoBox \u2013 a unanimous decision over Glenn Dezurn and a fifth-round TKO of Vladimir Tikhonov. Hernandez followed up those performances with a split-decision over Ernesto Garza in January 2018. The 28-year-old Hernandez, the youngest of 15 children, was 73-6 as an amateur and took five years off from boxing between 2009 and 2014 to work construction jobs in his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn February 15, fans can expect to see the best performance from Jesse Hernandez yet,\u201d said Hernandez, who will be making his fourth appearance on ShoBox. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time coming and I won\u2019t let this opportunity pass me. A win over Thomas Ward will definitely boost my career and hopefully lead to a world title shot. I know I will have all eyes on me on national television, I must impress. I believe the bantamweight division is mine for the taking. So I will go head and take what\u2019s rightfully mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ward hails from County Durham in North East England, where he compiled an amateur record of 60 wins, just four losses. The 24-year-old turned professional in 2012 at the age of 17 and by 2017, he had won 20 straight fights and the British super bantamweight title. Currently ranked No. 4 by the WBO, Ward hopes a win in his U.S. debut will set him up for a world title shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a really good fight,\u201d said Ward. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to it and a win will put me in place for a world title fight, which is exactly what I want. It\u2019s great to be boxing on SHOWTIME, I can\u2019t wait and I hope for many more opportunities to be fighting on the network in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barry Tompkins will call the ShoBox action from ringside with Steve Farhood and former world champion Raul Marquez serving as expert analysts. The executive producer is Gordon Hall with Richard Gaughan producing and Rick Phillips directing.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the live event, which is promoted by Salita Promotions, will go on sale on Friday, January 18th at 10 a.m. ET and are priced at $110, $75, $60, $45 and $25.  Tickets can be purchased at www.KansasStarCasino.com , www.Ticketmaster.com and at the Lucky Star Players Club at Kansas Star Casino.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit www.sho.com\/sports follow on Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing, @SHOSports, #ShoBox, or become a fan on Facebook at www.Facebook.com\/SHOSports.<\/p>\n<p>About ShoBox: The New Generation<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in July 2001, the critically acclaimed SHOWTIME boxing series, ShoBox: The New Generation has featured young talent matched tough. The ShoBox philosophy is to televise exciting, crowd-pleasing and competitive matches while providing a proving ground for willing prospects determined to fight for a world title. Some of the growing list of the 79 fighters who have appeared on ShoBox and advanced to garner world titles includes: Errol Spence Jr., Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder, Erislandy Lara, Shawn Porter, Gary Russell Jr., Lamont Peterson, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Nonito Donaire, Devon Alexander, Carl Froch, Robert Guerrero, Timothy Bradley, Jessie Vargas, Juan Manuel Lopez, Chad Dawson, Paulie Malignaggi, Ricky Hatton, Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams and more. <\/p>\n<p>CONTACTS:<\/p>\n<p>Flo Jocou\/SHOWTIME Sports: (212) 708-7319<\/p>\n<p>Steve Pratt, BZA\/Showtime: (310) 408-4555<\/p>\n<p>Andre Countermanche\/Salita Promotions: (519) 329-4290<\/p>\n<p>Allison Trumpp\/Kansas Star Casino: AllisonTrumpp@BoydGaming.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDEFEATED WELTERWEIGHT PROSPECTS SHOHJAHON ERGASHEV AND MYKAL FOX TO HEADLINE SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 LIVE ON SHOWTIME\u00ae ShoBox Veteran Jesse Hernandez Returns to Face Toughest Test To Date in Thomas Ward Live At 10 p.m. ET\/PT From Kansas Star Casino NEW YORK \u2013 January 16, 2019 \u2013 A 10-round clash between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"category-sports"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23065,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23062\/revisions\/23065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjagradio.com\/themic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}