Nicklaus Flaz will look to extend his winning streak to seven and Peter Dobson will try to get his career back on track when they meet on September 27 at the Kissimmee Events Center in Kissimmee, Florida.
The 10-round welterweight fight will headline an installment of ProBox TV.
The 29-year-old Flaz, 15-2 (10 KOs), of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, is coming off a fourth-round stoppage of Alan Sanchez in May and is riding a winning streak that saw him claim the unbeaten records of Brian Ceballo and Jahi Tucker.
Dobson, 16-2 (9 KOs), of The Bronx, New York, is coming off back-to-back defeats – though he fought outstanding opposition in both fights – giving a competent effort in decision losses to undefeated fighters Conor Benn and Jalil Hackett last year. The 35-year-old Dobson, who was a 2010 New York Golden Gloves novice champ, currently works with the New York Fire Department.
“Dobson is a great, tough fighter that gave Connor Benn and Jalil Hacket hard fights, so I’m expecting a tough fight. My goal is to make a statement come September 27,” said Flaz, who is ranked No. 11 by the WBO and IBF at 147lbs.
“I want the welterweight division to notice me and know that I’m a force to be reckoned with, and that I will be a world champion soon.”
Dobson and his manager didn't respond to requests for comment.
The co-main event features light heavyweight contender Najee Lopez, 14-0 (11 KOs), in a 10-round bout with former title challenger Kalvin Henderson, 19-2-1 (13 KOs). Lopez, 25, of Atlanta, is coming off a second-round stoppage of Juan Gerardo Osuna in May, while Henderson, 35, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, has won four straight since his fourth-round stoppage loss to WBA super middleweight titleholder David Morrell Jnr in 2022.
The card will have two more 10-rounders: Darrelle Valsaint, 13-0 (11 KOs), of nearby Orlando, will face Mexico's Isaias Lucero, 19-3 (13 KOs), while Emiliano Moreno, of Long Beach, California, will meet Raul Garcia, 14-2-1 (12 KOs), of the Dominican Republic.
Valsaint, a 2020 Olympian for Haiti, most recently stopped Rodolfo Orozcoin in eight rounds in May, while Lucero, of Tijuana, will be fighting his second Olympian, having lost a decision to 2016 silver medalist Souleymane Cissokho in 2023.
Moreno is coming off a seventh-round stoppage of Erick Bone in June, which helped buffer the impact of his controversial stoppage win over Cesar Francis four months earlier (since changed to a no-contest). Garcia is coming off a third-round stoppage of Andre Sherard in March, which came after two straight losses to Leonardo Ruiz and Vladimir Hernandez.
Ryan Songalia is a reporter and editor for BoxingScene.com and has written for ESPN, the New York Daily News, Rappler, The Guardian, Vice and The Ring magazine. He holds a Master’s degree in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He can be reached at ryansongalia@gmail.com or on Twitter at @ryansongalia.
