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


Streaming live Nov. 16ga watan on DAZN from Tropicana Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NY (Oktoba 21, 2024) - The next generation of East Coast boxers zai zama showcased on Boxing Insider Promotions’ November 16ga watan katin, streaming live on DAZN from The Showroom at Tropicana Atlantic City.

This knockout card will feature a combination of blue-chip prospects, tanã fita taurãri, 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) a babban taron.

The 30-year-old Crowder, the reigning WBA International bantamweight champion, is rated 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 (NY) super middleweight Donte Layne (4-0, 4 Kos) and Paterson (NY) 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) a cikin wani shida zagaye wasa. 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 (Kambunansa na WBA) Heavyweight Champion Bruce Seldon, Sr. (40-8, 36 Kos), known as “The Atlantic City Express” when he fought professionally from 1988 zuwa 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. 16ga watan 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) a cikin wani takwas zagaye fadan. 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 12ga watan 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.

Ticket prices range between $48.00 da kuma $203.50 and are available for purchase online at 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 (Asabar, Jan. 17 - 1-6 am ET), sanctioned by USA Boxing. Tikiti ne $40.00 da kuma 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Atlantic City PAL.

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Cancun BoxingThis Friday night at 11 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network

World-class boxers Francisco Rodriguez & Dante Jardon
In world-title implication fights
CANCUN, Mexico (Fabrairu 9, 2017) – The first installment of the 2017 “Cancun Boxing” jerin, presented by Pepe GomezCancun Boxing in association with Neon Star Sports & Nisha, za watsa gobe dare (Jumma'a dare, Feb. 10) in North America, lokacin da na fara a 11 p.m. DA / 8 p.m. Santa, on CBS Sports Network.
The event took place Feb. 4 at Grand Oasis Cancun the Hotel Complex, Cancun`s ONLY Ultimate All-Inclusive Entertainment Resort, which hosts all series events.
The main event and co-feature showcased a pair of world-class Mexican fighters, former minimumweight world champion Francisco “Chihuas” Rodriguez and No.1 world rated lightweight DanteCrazyJardon, in critical matches that had immediate world title fight implications.
The main event was a scheduled 10-round flyweight bout between Rodriguez (20-4-1, 13 Kos) da kuma Hajime Nagai (14-7-2, 4 Kos), of Japan. Rodriguez captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight title March 22, 2014 a Mexico, by way of a 10-round technical knockout over previously unbeaten Merlito Sabillo (23-0-1), who was making his third title defense.
Rodriguez dropped IBF minimumweight title-holder Katsunari Takayama (27-6) once en route to his 12-round unanimous decision victory August 9, 2014, a Mexico, in their unification match. Rodriguez later vacated both of his world minimumweight titles.
Rated as the No. 3 flyweight contender in the world by the WBO and No. 11 da IBF, da Ba. 9 as a light flyweight by the World Boxing Council (WBC), Rodriguez can position himself for a potential title shot against WBO reigning flyweight champion Zou Shiming (9-2, 2 Kos), the 2-time Olympic gold medalist from China, who is scheduled to fight an opponent to be determined Maris 6 a Macau.
A cikin 10-zagaye co-alama, WBC No. 1 contender Jardon (30-5, 23 Kos) defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title belt against his fellow Mexico City challenger, Francisco “PaquitoRojo (18-2, 11 Kos).
Jardon’s most notable victories have been over two-time world title challenger Miguel Roman (WDEC12) a cikin 2012 rematch, duniya take mai takala Adrian Verduro (DQ2) and former world super featherweight titlist Gamaliyel Diaz (KO8) a 2013, and two-time world champion Juan Carlos Salgado (DEC12) last March.
WBC Diamond title-holder and reigning World Boxing Association (Kambunansa na WBA) lightweight world champion, Jorge Linares (41-3, 27 Kos), of Venezuela, An shirya don yin yaki Tẽku. 24 in a rematch with former WBA champion Anthony Crolla (31-5-3-3, 13 Kos) a Manchester, United Kingdom.
If Jardon impressively defeated Rojo, he could be on the long list to fight Linares later this year, or now, as the No. 1 m mai takala, he could take on new WBC lightweight king Mickey Garcia (36-0, 30 Kos), the rising American star who recently knocked out defending WBC 135-pound division champion Dejan Zlaticanin (22-1, 15 Kos). Garcia was rated No. 2 to Jardon in the most recent WBC lightweight world ratings.
The televised action starts with an eight-round welterweight bout between John “Southpaw” Alvarez (24-7, 16 Kos) da undefeated mai yiwuwa HenryBestia” Franco (8-0, 5 Kos). Portions of an eight-round bantamweight match follows, pitting Francisco “PanchitoHorta (12-3-1, 6 Kos) a kan Francisco “Relampago” Hernandez (6-1, 2 Kos).
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