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Justin Figueroa, Avious Griffin, Dominique Crowder, Donte Layne & Bruce Seldon Jr. Ready to light up The Boardwalk


Streaming live Nov. 16th on DAZN from Tropicana Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (Outubro 21, 2024) - The next generation of East Coast boxers será showcased on Boxing Insider Promotions’ November 16th tarxeta, streaming live on DAZN from The Showroom at Tropicana Atlantic City.

This knockout card will feature a combination of blue-chip prospects, estrelas en ascenso, popular local fighters, and a potential women’s world champion in the future.

Two rising stars fighting on the card are Chattanooga (TN) welterweight Avious Griffin (15-0, 14 Kos) and Baltimore (MD) bantamweight Dominique “Dimes” Crowder (17-0, 10 Kos) in a pair of eight-round bouts.

Griffin, 30, is a heavy-handed former Tennessee State Champion presently riding an eight-fight knockout streak. Trained by Brian “Bomac” McIntyre, Griffin will take on Adrian Gutierrez (12-2-1, 6 Kos) no evento principal.

The 30-year-old Crowder, the reigning WBA International bantamweight champion, está clasificado no. 14 in the world by the WBA and a former New York Golden Gloves Champion. Mark Breland and Jose Guzman train him.

Two other boxers to watch closely are Long Island (Nova York) super middleweight Donte Layne (4-0, 4 Kos) and Paterson (NJ) junior middleweight Dwyke Flemmings, JR. (8-0, 8 Kos).

Layne faces Shaquille Cameron (7-3, 6 Kos) in a six-round fight presented in association with Overtime Boxing. The 21-year-old Layne is a gifted southpaw who captured gold medals at the 2022 USA National Championships and National Golden Gloves Tournament, as well as at the 2021 USA Nationals and Junior Pan American Games.

Flemmings, JR. is a 20-year-old up-and-coming prospect who won a silver medal at the 2018 USA Junior Olympics. He will fight TBA in a scheduled six-round match. Atlantic City fighters will keep The Boardwalk lit such as electrifying junior middleweight Justin “Mr. Atlantic City” Figueroa (10-0, 8 Kos), legacy heavyweight Bruce “Atlantic City Express 2.0” Seldon, JR. (3-0, 3 Kos), and undefeated lightweight hopeful Francisco Rodriguez (5-0, 5 Kos).

Figueroa, 25, is matched against Omar Rosales (9-3-1, 5 Kos) nunha partida de seis rolda. He was a popular football player at Holy Spirit High School and former member of the famed AC Beach Patrol. Figueroa is riding a 10-fight knockout streak.

The 30-year-old Seldon, JR. is the son of former World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Champion Bruce Seldon, Sr. (40-8, 36 Kos), known as “The Atlantic City Express” when he fought professionally from 1988 para 2009. Seldon, Jr, who attended Absegami High School, is matched with Zach Calmus (1-1, 1 KO) in a four-rounder.

Rodriguez, 20, has a perfect pro record to date, five victories in five fights, all ending in a knockout. The southpaw has only fought a total of eight rounds, displaying natural power after fighting in The Combat League (TCL) for the Philadelphia Smoke.

The loaded card will also display a bonafide future female title contender, Hawaiian lightweight Shere Mae Patricio (2-0, 1 KO). The 21-year-old Patricio was a gold medal winner at the 2023 USA Women’s National Golden Gloves and 2022 USA Women’s National Championships. She will fight TBA in a four-round encounter.

Boxing Insider Promotions’ power-packed Nov. 16th event at The Trop also has an international flair, as undefeated Italian junior welterweight Giacomo Michels (8-0, 6 Kos) takes on Ronnell “Punisher” Burnett (11-1, 7 Kos) nun ataque de oito rolda. Michels, who fights out of Roma, Lazio, was a standout amateur in Italy, capturing top honors in the 2021 Italian Elite National Championships and U-22 National Championships.

Boxing Insider Promotions promoter Larry Goldberg, an Atlantic City native, is dedicated to bringing boxing back to The Boardwalk. This event will mark his 12th promotion to date, the third in a row at Tropicana Atlantic City in 2024. After holding six boxing events in New York last year, Goldberg was recently selected as Promoter of the Year by the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame.

“It’s amazing to bring local boxing back to Atlantic City with a strong mix of local and regional fighters,” Goldberg said. “I am excited that once again DAZN will be streaming the event and continue showing its commitment to grassroots boxing.”As always, the card is subject to change.

Os prezos das entradas oscilan entre $48.00 e $203.50 e están dispoñibles para compra en liña en https://www.ticketmaster.com/boxing-insider-live-professional-boxing-atlantic-city-new-jersey-11-16-024/event/02006138C81B4F54?_ga=2.165801022.1645432099.1728316789-537326816.1728316789.

An amateur show will be held at Tropicana Atlantic City the following day (Sábado, Novembro. 17 - 1-6 pm ET), sanctioned by USA Boxing. Os ingresos xa están $40.00 e 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Atlantic City PAL.

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“Cancún Boxeo” Este venres pola noite ás 11 p.m. ET en CBS Sports Network

Boxeadores de clase mundial Francisco Rodríguez & Dante Jardón
Nas pelexas de implicación por títulos mundiais
CANCÚN, México (Febreiro 9, 2017) – A primeira entrega do 2017 “Cancún Boxeo” serie, presentado por Pepe Gómez’ Cancun Boxing en asociación con Neon Star Sports & Diversión, vai ao aire mañá noite (Venres á noite, Febreiro. 10) en América do Norte, a partir de 11 p.m. E / 8 p.m. PT, en CBS Sports Network.
O evento tivo lugar en febreiro. 4 no Grand Oasis Cancun o Complexo Hoteleiro, O ÚNICO Resort de entretemento con todo incluído de Cancún, que acolle todos os eventos da serie.
O evento principal e a co-función mostraron un par de loitadores mexicanos de clase mundial, ex campión do mundo de peso mínimo Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez e número 1 mundial de peso lixeiro Dante “Tolo” jardon, en partidos críticos que tiveron implicacións inmediatas na loita polo título mundial.
O evento principal foi un combate de peso mosca programado de 10 asaltos entre Rodríguez (20-4-1, 13 Kos) e Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 Kos), de Xapón. Rodríguez capturou a Organización Mundial de Boxeo (WBO) título de peso mínimo marzo 22, 2014 en México, mediante un nocaut técnico a 10 asaltos ante invictos Merlito Sabillo (23-0-1), que facía a súa terceira defensa do título.
Rodríguez abandonou o titular do título de peso mínimo da FIB Katsunari Takayama (27-6) unha vez camiño da súa vitoria por decisión unánime en 12 xornadas de agosto 9, 2014, en México, no seu partido de unificación. Posteriormente Rodríguez deixou vacantes os seus dous títulos mundiais de peso mínimo.
Valorado como No. 3 aspirante de peso mosca no mundo pola OMB e No. 11 polo IBF, así como n. 9 como peso mosca lixeiro polo Consello Mundial de Boxeo (WBC), Rodríguez pode posicionarse para unha potencial tiroteo contra o campión vixente do peso mosca da WBO Zou Shiming (9-2, 2 Kos), o 2 veces medallista de ouro olímpico de China, que está programado para loitar contra un opoñente por determinar Marzo 6 en Macau.
Na co-metragem 10 rolda, WBC núm. 1 o contendente Jardon (30-5, 23 Kos) defendeu o seu cinturón de títulos peso lixeiro de prata internacional do CMB contra o seu rival da Cidade de México, Francisco “Paquito” Rojo (18-2, 11 Kos).
As vitorias máis notables de Jardon foron sobre o dobre retador do título mundial Miguel Román (WDEC12) na súa 2012 desquite, desafiante ao título mundial Adrián Verduro (DQ2) e ex campeón mundial de peso súper pluma Gamaliel Diaz (KO8) en 2013, e dúas veces campión do mundo Juan Carlos Salgado (DEC12) o pasado mes de marzo.
Titular do título de diamante do CMB e reinante Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (WBA) campión do mundo lixeiro, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 Kos), de Venezuela, está programa para loitar Mar. 24 nunha revancha co ex campión da AMB Anthony Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 Kos) en Manchester, Reino Unido.
Se Jardon venceu de xeito impresionante a Rojo, podería estar na longa lista para loitar contra Linares a finais deste ano, ou agora, como o No. 1 desafiante obrigatorio, podería enfrontarse ao novo rei do peso lixeiro do CMB Mickey García (36-0, 30 Kos), a estrela estadounidense en ascenso que recentemente noqueou ao campión defensor da división de 135 libras do CMB Dejan Zlaticade (22-1, 15 Kos). García foi clasificado como No. 2 a Jardon nas clasificacións mundiais lixeiras máis recentes do CMB.
A acción televisiva comeza cun combate de oito asaltos entre peso welter Baño “Southpaw” Alvarez (24-7, 16 Kos) e invicto perspectiva Henrique “Besta” Franco (8-0, 5 Kos). Seguen partes dun partido de peso gallo a oito asaltos, pitting Francisco “Panchito” Horta (12-3-1, 6 Kos) contra Francisco “Lóstrego” Hernández (6-1, 2 Kos).
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