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          Galarza to headline "ShoBox: The New Generation" card

          Frank Galarza will headline a "ShoBox: The New Generation" card at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Nov. 14. Nick Laham/Golden Boy/Golden Boy/Getty Images
          • Dan Rafael, ESPN Senior WriterNov 6, 2015, 09:28 AM ET
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          The show will go on Nov. 14 on Showtime.

          Although headliner Gary Russell Jr. suffered a cut this week and was forced to withdraw from his initial featherweight world title defense against Oscar Escandon, the network announced on Thursday that there will still be a card that night (10:45 p.m. ET/PT) at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

          However, rather than an edition of “Showtime Championship Boxing” headlined by Russell-Escandon, the broadcast will now be an edition of prospect-oriented “ShoBox: The New Generation.”

          The headliner is the same fight that was scheduled to open the Russell-Escandon telecast: a 10-round junior middleweight bout between Frank Galarza (17-0-2, 11 KOs), 30, of Brooklyn, New York, and Jarrett Hurd (16-0, 10 KOs), 25, of Accokeek, Maryland.

          Additional details regarding the rest of the televised card are not yet set.