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Undefeated Featherweight Tramaine Williams Returns July 29th

LONG BEACH. Calif. (July 13, 2017) – Undefeated featherweight prospect
*Tramaine
“The Mighty Midget” Williams* will headline the “KO Night Boxing: Rumble on
the Water 2″ card, on July 29, to air (10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT) on CBS
Sports Network, live from The Queen Mary’s outdoor venue in Long Beach,
California.

Presented by Black Tree, “KO Night Boxing: Rumble on the Water 2” is
promoted by Roy Englebrecht Promotions, in association with KO Night Boxing
LLC and Roc Nation Sports.

Williams (11-0, 4 KOs) faces *Angel “El Gato” Luna* (12-3-1, 7 KOs) in the
10-round main event.

“We’re looking forward to partnering with Black Tree, Roy Englebrecht
Promotions, Roc Nation Sports and The Queen Mary for another great
‘Knockout Night Boxing’ event,” KO Night Boxing president *John Andersen* said.
“Tramaine Williams is one of the hottest prospects in boxing and we’re
excited to have him fight on another ‘KO Night Boxing’ show.”

After a sizzling start to his pro career, the New Haven, Conn. Native was
inactive for nearly two years (2-13-2015) due to out-of-the-ring issues,
but bounced back strong in January 2016, signing a promotional contract
with Roc Nation Sports.

In his first fight under the Roc Nation Sports banner, Williams
dominated *Eduardo
Garza* (6-1) en route to an eight-round unanimous decision.in the CBS
Sports Network co-featured event in Wichita, Kansas last March.

In his last fight on the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev II card at Mandalay Bay,
Williams produced the most signature victory to date, stopping former NABO,
WBC US and California State super featherweight champion *Christopher
Martin* (30-8-3) in the second round.

Williams first began boxing at the age of nine, accumulating an impressive
record of 97-10 over his amateur career. During that span, he was a
ten-time national amateur champion, a two-time Ringside World champion and
a four-time Silver Gloves champion. He also was a PAL National Junior
Golden Gloves champion.

Luna, fighting out of the Dominican Republic, is a proven upset specialist
having defeated then unbeaten (15-0-1, 11 KOs) *Jose Lopez*, on June 6,
2015 at Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, by way of a six-round unanimous
decision. Lopez is currently the reigning WBO International super
featherweight champion.

Former amateur boxing prodigy, undefeated Brooklyn light heavyweight
prospect *Junior “The Young God” Younan* (12-0, 9 KOs), will face an
opponent to be determined in the eight-round co-featured event. Also
fighting under the Roc Nation banner, the 21-year-old Younan compiled a
sterling 90-5 amateur record, highlighted by his three-time Ringside World
and three-time National PAL championship performances.

A pair of California heavyweights square off in the in the six-round CBSSN
opener as *Rodney Hernandez* (10-5-2, 2 KOs), of Modesto, meets Los
Angeles’ *Jonnie Rice* (6-2-1, 4 KOs), a former Winthrop College (SC)
basketball player.

Fighting on the undercard in four-round matches are Los Angeles
featherweight *Sergio “El Nino” Quiroz* (3-0) vs. Lupe Arroyo (2-0), of
Huntington Beach (CA), Whittier (CA) lightweight *George Acosta* (2-0), and
pro-debuting welterweights *Eric Gom*ez, of Santa Ana (CA), and Long
Beach’s *Raul Calderon*.

All fights and fighters are subject to change.

All tickets are priced at $60.00 and on sale to purchase by calling
949.760.3131 <(949)%20760-3131>.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. PT with the opening bout scheduled at 6:30 p.m. PT.

*INFORMATION:*

Websites: www.konightboxing.com

Twitter: @KONightBoxing

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