Antoine Douglas headlines ShoBox July 17 card

On Friday night, July 17 undefeated Middleweight Antoine "Action" Douglas will headline a televised quadruple header when he takes on fellow undefeated Istvan Szili in a 10-round bout from the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem and will be televised on Showtime's acclaimed ShoBox: The New Generation (10 PM ET)

The show is promoted by GH3 Promotions in association with Greg Cohen Promotions, Main Events and King's Promotions.

In the 10-round co-feature, it will be a battle of undefeated Middleweights as Derrick Webster will fight Arif Magomedov.

In an 8-round Super Bantamweight bout, Adam Lopez will take on fellow undefeated Eliecer Aquino.

Opening the television portion of the card will be Super Middleweight Jerry Odom (13-1, 12 KO's) who will take on Samuel Clarkson in a bout scheduled for 8-rounds.

Douglas of Burke, Virginia has a record of 17-0-1 with 11 knockouts. He will be making his second consecutive appearance on ShoBox and fourth overall. He is coming off a 6th round stoppage over previously undefeated Thomas LaManna on March 13 in Westbury, New York. Previously he has victories over former world title challenger Luca Messi (37-9-1), Marquis Davis (8-0-2) & Colby Courter (4-0). He is currently ranked number-14 by the WBA. He also has a win over spoiler Don Mouton and a draw with highly regarded former world title challenger Michel Soro. Soro just scored a stirring knockout of Glen Tapia.

Szili (18-0-2, 8 KO's) of Frenkendorf, Switzerland will be making his American debut. Szili has been a professional for six years and has fough some good opposition in Europe. In his last bout, Szili won the UBF Middleweight title with a 6th round stoppage over Mathias Zemski (13-1) on August 30 in Zurich, Switzerland. Szili also has wins over Jetmir Kuqi (6-0), Dzmitriy Lubachkin (18-2) and Aliaksandr Sushchyts (1-0-1).

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