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New Rock Hill center lands pro boxing event

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Gardner Payne, who runs a talent management company for professional boxers, was amazed when he first walked into the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center. Payne took his two sons, ages 12 and 11, respectively, there to play basketball, he said. When he did, he saw the venue as a desirable location for a fight card.

Payne partnered with Latin American sports broadcast network TyC Sports International and Christy Martin Promotions to put on the Payne Boxing Series. After holding the first edition of the series in Florida in August, he was attracted to the new Rock Hill sports venue for the second fight card.

The event, which will take place on Saturday night, features a main matchup between 2016 Argentinian Olympian Alberto Palmetta and Mexico’s Carlos Gorham. Palmetta will be making his first appearance since winning the World Boxing Association International Welterweight Title in the first Payne Boxing Series event.

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