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On Thursday, May 26, to kickoff Memorial Day Weekend festivities, Salita Promotions returns for a very special weekday edition of their highly successful Detroit Brawl series of professional boxing events in the Lincoln Ballroom of the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, MI.
The ninth episode of Sanman’s Bubble Series live up to expectations by delivering exciting match-ups. In the main event, former WBO Asia Pacific Youth light flyweight champion and world title contender Vince Paras (16-2) engaged WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight champion and world title contender Robert Paradero (18-2) in a toe to toe encounter with tactical swings.
According to Archie Sharp, he has the gameplan to cause Shakur Stevenson problems and believes the unbeaten champion is worried about fighting him.
Super middleweight contender Alfredo "Perro" Angulo, inactive since August 2020, has been added to a night of boxing on Saturday, June 11th at The Center Stage Theater in Atlanta.
Jamaine Ortiz has reached the point in his career where each upcoming fight is his toughest test to date. No more tune-ups. No more cakewalks. And certainly no more stay-busy fights.
Veteran boxing trainer Orlando Cuellar has been selected by two-time world champion Jean Pascal (35-6-1, 20 KOs) as his new chief second for his upcoming return on May 20th, which is going to be a twelve round main event against undefeated Chinese light heavyweight Meng Fanlong (17-0, 10 KOs), the International Boxing Federation’s No. 1 contender.
Super bantamweight prospect, Darren “The Gift” Cunningham (15-1, 8 KOS), is scheduled to face Angel Antonio Contreras (11-6-2, 6 KOs), this Friday, April 29, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the Celebrity Theater. Cunningham vs. Contreras, an 8-round bout, will be promoted by Iron Boy Promotions.
Rising star and undefeated super featherweight, Andres “Savage” Cortes (16-0, 9 KOs), returns to action this Saturday, April 30, 2022, against Alexis del Bosque (18-5-1, 9 KOs) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cortes vs. Bosque will stream live and exclusively on ESPN+.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Hiroto Kyoguchi will defend his WBA light flyweight titles against Esteban Bermudez at the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City, Mexico on Friday June 10, live worldwide on DAZN, in the latest installment of Matchroom and DAZN’s fight series in Mexico, in association with Canelo Promotions and Clase Y Talento.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will defend his WBC World Super-Flyweight title against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on Saturday June 25 at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, live worldwide on DAZN (except Uzbekistan & Thailand) and leading a stacked quadrupleheader of world title action.