On Saturday, Might 11, Boxing Insider Promotions brings skilled boxing again to the Tropicana Showroom for the primary time in seven years, and this present has an area taste.
Atlantic Metropolis junior middleweight Justin Figueroa (8-0, 6 KOs) is in one of many featured bouts. Native followers could keep in mind Figueroa’s days as a soccer star at Holy Spirit Excessive Faculty, and he additionally proved himself to be the most effective in South Jersey within the novice ring. Beaming with confidence, he lately returned from San Antonio, the place he registered his eighth straight professional win, a call over Christian Aguirre, and as standard, he celebrated by dancing “the Worm” throughout the ring.
Junior featherweight John Leonardo (10-1-1, 4 KOs) is in an eight-round bout and brings a wholesome contingent of followers with him. Hailing from close by Manalapan Township within the Backyard State, he’s a former New Jersey Golden Gloves champ who goes by the nickname “Bodyshot.”
Avious Griffin of Chattanooga, TN (13-0, 12 KOs) brings an attention-grabbing story into his eight-round bout. At a time when he ought to have been constructing a professional profession, Griffin spent eleven months in jail when he was wrongfully accused of homicide. Cleared of that, there’s been no stopping him.
Brooklynite Pryce Taylor (3-0, 2 KOs), an intriguing heavyweight prospect, may also be in motion on this present, in a four-rounder.
One other contestant is middleweight Jacob Solis, who debuted there again in December and is now 3-0, with all of the victories coming by knockout. Solis additionally has an ardent fan following and helps develop the game by serving as a boxing teacher.
There are different nice prospects in motion. Junior welterweight Dwyke Flemmings (6-0, 6 KOs) is a powder keg out of Paterson, NJ who has recorded 4 one-round knockouts and might be in a scheduled six-rounder; middleweight Well-known Wilson (4-0, 2 KOs) is a former New York Golden Gloves champ who’s in a four-rounder. Different four-round contestants embody tremendous middleweight Joel Telles of Brooklyn (2-0, 2 KOs) and light-weight Koby Williams, additionally of Brooklyn, a NY Golden Gloves and Metro champ who makes his skilled debut.
