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Unbeatable super-middleweight prospects Sean Hemphill and David Stevens go head to head Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation” from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

SEAN HEMPHILL (14-0.8 KOS) VS. DAVID STEVENS (11-0.8 KOS)

• Day: Friday, January 20
• Time: 9pm ET / 6pm Pacific Time (main event follows)
• Where: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• television/stream: Showtime
• Assignment: Super Medium (168 pounds)
• threatened: No main title
• Pound-for-pound ratings: Not available
• the odds: ARE NOT
• Also on the card: Atif Oberlton vs. Artem Brusov, lightweight; Julian Gonzalez vs Rosalindo Morales, lightweight

• Story: The first “ShoBox: The New Generation” show of the year featured six boxers with a combined record of 61-0-1 (43 KOs). In the main event, former top U.S. amateurs Sean Hemphill and David Stevens will face off in a scheduled 168-pound eight-round bout. 27-year-old Hemphill from New Orleans, coached by Buddy McGirt. Stevens, 22, is from Reading, Pennsylvania, about an hour’s drive from the scene of the fight. He works with Ronnie Shields. Also in this bout, Philadelphia’s Atif Oberlton (7-0.6 KOs) will face Russia’s Artem Brusov (12-0, 11 KOs) in a scheduled 175-pound eight-round bout. And Julian Gonzalez (8-0-1, 8 KOs) of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania will take on Rosalindo Morales (9-0, 2 KOs) of Ellwood, Pennsylvania in a scheduled 135-pound eight-round bout.