Tomorrow (Saturday) night is “KO at the TU,” the first boxing event in over fifteen years at Albany’s Times Union Center (formerly the Pepsi Arena and Knickerbocker Arena).

I’ll be covering the event for the Knick Ledger, so keep an eye there and follow @KevinMarshall for live tweets.

From the official site:

Event Details

Boxing returns to the Times Union Center for the 1st time in nearly 15 years!

 

IBA WORLD TITLE BOUT

Heavyweights—Ten Rounds

Joe “The Future” Hanks, 18-0 (12KO’s) vs. Rafael Pedro, 21-9-1 (15KO’s)

WBO INTERCONTINENTAL WORLD TITLE BOUT    

Bantamweights—Ten Rounds

Sahib Usarov, 17-0 (6KO’s) vs. Yan Barthelemy, 12-2 (4KO’s)

Super Middleweights—Eight Rounds

Jason Escalera, 12-0 (11KO’s) vs. Marcus Brooks, 7-8 (3KO’s)

Junior Welterweights—Six Rounds

Darnell Jiles, 8-2-1 (3KO’s) vs. Bryan Abraham, 5-10-2 (5KO’s)

Junior Middleweights—Four Rounds

Kevin Rooney Jr, 2-1 (1KO) vs. Stanley Harvey, 1-1 (1KO)

Other matches are still being determined. Card subject to change.