Boxing Insider – Fight Night at The Tropicana in Atlantic City, NJ

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 a neighborhood taste.

Atlantic Metropolis junior middleweight Justin Figueroa (8-0, 6 KOs) is in one of many featured bouts. Native followers might keep in mind Figueroa’s days as a soccer star at Holy Spirit Excessive College, and he additionally proved himself to be one of the best in South Jersey within the newbie ring. Beaming with confidence, he not too long ago returned from San Antonio, the place he registered his eighth straight professional win, a call over Christian Aguirre, and as traditional, 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 fascinating 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, can even 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 can 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 embrace 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.