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Unbeaten Jamal James headlines at Sands Casino this Saturday

On Saturday night, King’s Boxing will present a night of boxing at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem.. In the main event, undefeated Welterweight Jamal James will take on Mike Balasi in a bout scheduled for 8 rounds. James of Minneapolis, Minnesota has a record of 16-0 with 9 knockouts.

The 26 year-old James has some quality wins over Patrick Boozer (5-1), Mohammed Kayongo (17-2-1) to win the Minnesota State Welterweight Title, Colby Courter (4-1) and Wayne Martell (25-4-1). James is coming off a 2nd round stoppage over Daniel Sostre on April 18 in Valley Forge, PA.

Balasi of Honolulum Hawaii has a record of 10-6 with 7 knockouts and has fought top opposition. He has a win over previously undefeated Van Oscar Penovaroff (6-0-1).

The southpaw, Balasi is looking to get back in the win column following defeats to a rough schedule of fighters that includes Alex Theran (10-0), Giovanni Santillan (10-0), Dusty Hernandez Harrison (20-0), Jonathan Garcia (14-0) and his last bout when he lost an 8-round unanimous decision to Karim Mayfield (18-2) on November 8, 2014 in San Francisco

In 6-round Bouts:

Alex Martin (8-0, 5 KO’s) of Harvey, Illinois will take on Pavel Miranda (19-10-1, 9 KO’s) of Tijuana, Mexico in a Welterweight bout.

Caleb Plant (7-0, 6 KO’s) of Ashland, TN will fight Oscar Rojas (8-1, 3 KO’s) of Laredo, Texas in a Super Middleweight bout.

Christian Molina (4-0, 3 KO’s) of Allentown, PA will take on Justin Johnson (6-8) of Pittsburgh, PA in a Jr. Welterweight bout.

Kyrone Davis (7-0, 3 KO’s) of Wilmington, DE will take on Jose Alberto Leal (9-7-1, 4 KO’s) of Guadalajara, Mexico Middleweight bout..