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Ashkeyev vs. Cornwell Battle Of Unbeatens Thursday At
Wild Card Live On NBCSN
On Thursday at Wild Card Boxing Club, Ring City USA presents
Madiyar Ashkeyev (14-0, 7 KO’s) versus 2016 Olympian Charles
Conwell (13-0, 10 KO’s) in a 10-round super welterweight
matchup.
This is Ring City USA’s third event of the series, broadcast
on NBC Network. The series debuted on November 19 and the
second event took place on December 3, each broadcast live
from Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Boxing
Gym in Los Angeles.
"We are excited about the quality of the fights Ring City is
delivering to fight fans,” said Head of Boxing Evan
Rutkowski. “As a developmental platform, our mission is to
put together the most competitive matches that challenge our
fighters and entertain viewers."
Ashkeyev, who fights out of boxing hotbed Oxnard by way of
his native Kazakhstan, returns to face Conwell a year after
his last fight in which he stopped Rodolfo Martinez at the
end of the fifth round. Ashkeyev was an excellent amateur
who participated in the World Series of Boxing. The
undefeated Ashkeyev is promoted by Main Events and managed
by Egis Klimas.
“I am very happy to have the chance to fight on NBCSN,”
Ashkayev said. “I will be ready to make a big statement in
my first televised main event in the United States and have
waited a long time to show everyone what I can do.”
Cleveland native Conwell, who competed in the men’s 2016
Summer Olympics middleweight event as an amateur, returned
to the ring for the first time this year in February when he
scored a fifth-round stoppage against Ramses Agaton. Known
for his decisive punching power, Conwell recently capped off
an impressive performance in the Oct. 7 main event of
ShoBox: The New Generation with an eruptive knockout of
Wendy Toussaint. A swift uppercut in the ninth round ended
the contest and broke Toussaint’s nose in a fight that
Conwell was comfortably winning. The highly touted super
welterweight contender who is promoted by DiBella
Entertainment, also reached a pivotal moment this year when
he welcomed a daughter earlier this fall to become a
first-time father.
“I’m happy to be getting right back in the ring to show my
skill, class and dominance on NBC Sports Network,” Conwell
said.
Ring City fights will air live on NBC Sports Network on
Thursday nights at 9pm EST/6pm PST.
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