Elvis Rodriguez: record, next fight and profile →
Brazilian middleweight contender Esquiva Falcao is coming back to America. After a pair of knockout wins last year in his home nation, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist will take on two-time world title challenger Artur Akavov in a 10-rounder Saturday, Feb. 20 from MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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A chance for Elvis Rodriguez to plead to his case as 2020 Prospect of the Year will have to end with what he has already accomplished. The red hot junior welterweight bout was forced to withdraw from Saturday’s show at The Bubble at MGM Grand in Las Vegas after testing positive for COVID-19. Dominican Republic’s Rodriguez (10-0-1, 10KOs) was due to face Lawrence James Fryers (11-3, 4KOs) on ESPN+ ahead of the three-fight main card on ESPN headlined by Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8KOs) versus Toka Kahn Clary (28-2, 19KOs).
Knockout artist Elvis “The Dominican Kid” Rodriguez aims to leave the building with one last knockout to end 2020. Rodriguez, who has four knockouts in three rounds or less since July, will face veteran “Lethal” Larry Fryers in a six-round welterweight contest Saturday at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The knockout king of the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble, junior welterweight southpaw Elvis “The Dominican Kid” Rodriguez, hopes to put an exclamation point on his 2020 Prospect of the Year campaign.
Elvis Rodriguez continues to plead his case as the Prospect of the Year and with room to strengthen his argument. The unbeaten junior welterweight picked up his fifth win of 2020, the latest coming in an attention grabbing 3rd round knockout of the normally durable Cameron Krael. The feat took place Friday evening, live on ESPN+ from The Bubble at MGM Grand in Las Vegas which has housed Rodriguez’s past four fights in a span of just four months.
Elvis Rodriguez did what only one previous opponent accomplished against Cameron Krael. The heavily hyped junior welterweight prospect became just the second foe to stop Krael inside the distance when knocked him out in the third round Friday night at MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. The Dominican Republic’s Rodriguez dropped Krael with a right hook, which ended their scheduled eight-rounder 53 seconds into the third round on the Emanuel Navarrete-Ruben Villa undercard.
Emanuel Navarrete needed to step on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale twice Thursday to make weight for his featherweight title fight against Ruben Villa on Friday night.
Undefeated southpaw middleweight phenom Janibek Alimkhanuly is set to introduce ESPN viewers to his brand of “Qazaq Style.” Alimkhanuly will fight Argentinian contender Gonzalo Coria in a 10-rounder Friday, Oct. 9 from the MGM Grand Las Vegas Conference Center.
Elvis has left the building—but is ready to return at a moment’s notice. Unbeaten junior welterweight prospect Elvis Rodriguez has become the sport’s latest cult favorite following his third stoppage win this summer. The moment came in a 3rd round knockout of West Virginia’s Cody Wilson (9-3, 6KOs) last month on ESPN+ from The Bubble in Las Vegas. The closed-doors location also saw the Dominican southpaw enjoy early knockout wins 19 days apart this past July.