Heavyweight prospect Gustavo Trujillo will share the stage alongside a pair of Cuban legends – Guillermo Rigondeaux and Yuriorkis Gamboa – on May 30 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Trujillo, who stands 6-foot-4, is a 33-year-old from Cuba now fighting out of Miami, Florida. He turned pro in 2022 and is 10-0 (9 KOs), in traditional boxing. Trujillo is currently rated No. 14 by the WBO.
Trujillo has also competed in bare-knuckle boxing, where he is 8-0 (8 KOs); and the Team Boxing League, formerly known as the Team Combat League, where he is 15-9 (1 KO) in the one-round format.
“South Florida has become home to me, and I’m excited to perform in front of the fans who continue supporting my journey,” Trujillo was quoted as saying in a press release. “Every fight is another step toward the top of the heavyweight division.”
Trujillo will face Sergio Ramirez Marin, 22-8 (12 KOs), a 40-year-old from Mexico who has two losses on his record to this show’s promoter, Ronald Johnson.
Trujillo-Marin, as well as Rigondeaux and Gamboa’s respective fights, were originally scheduled for May 2 in Miami. That show was postponed and relocated to this May 30 date in Fort Lauderdale.
Rigondeaux, 45 years old, is 23-3 (16 KOs) and will be fighting for the first time since November 2024. He will face Jose Velasquez, 34-13-3 (24 KOs), a faded former title challenger who lost to Murodjon Akhmadaliev in 2021.
Gamboa, 44 years old, is 30-5 (18 KOs) and returning more than four years after his fifth-round TKO loss to Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz in April 2022. Gamboa will take on Alexander Espinoza, 20-5-1 (9 KOs), who might be faintly familiar to those who recall Espinoza’s 42-second KO loss to Emiliano Vargas last July.
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