Nine months after he suffered his first pro loss, lightweight prospect Ashton “H2O” Sylve is set to return to the ring.

Sylve, 11-1 (9 KOs), will face Nicolas Polanco, 22-8-1 (13 KOs), in the main event of a BLK Prime pay-per-view, according to a press release. The fight will be held at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia, which is outside of Atlanta.

Sylve, a 21-year-old from Long Beach, California, was last seen on the July 2024 undercard of Jake Paul’s stoppage win of former mixed martial artist turned bare-knuckle boxer Michael Perry.

Sylve was pitching a shutout on the scorecards after five rounds when his opponent, the unbeaten Lucas Bahdi, scored BoxingScene’s 2024 Knockout of the Year.

His road back begins with Polanco, a 35-year-old from the Dominican Republic. Several of Polanco’s defeats have come against familiar names, including Javier Fortuna, Albert Bell, Angelo Leo and Ronny Rios.

Aside from his experience against upper-tier fighters, the nicest thing one can say about Polanco is that he’s been active. He fought five times in 2025. However, he went 2-3, with those wins coming against foes with records of 22-34-2 and 16-20. Polanco has lost his last two fights by stoppage, falling in the third round to the 13-0 Haven Brady Jnr and in the second round to the 23-6-1 Leonardo Padilla.

The co-feature bout will showcase one of Fernando Vargas’ fighting sons, Amado Vargas, a 24-year-old featherweight with a record of 12-0 (5 KOs). Vargas is coming off an eight-round majority decision win in March over the 8-2 Eduardo Hernandez Trejo.

Vargas will face Angel Luna, 20-15-1 (11 KOs), a 35-year-old whose last fight was a 36-second knockout loss in September to the 10-0 Victor Hernandez. Thirteen of Luna’s 15 losses have come by KO or TKO.

The event is expected to include 16 fights. The three other bouts announced for the PPV are listed below.

Javon Campbell (also known as Javon Woodard), 13-2 (11 KOs), vs. Jayson Velez in a six-round featherweight bout, 30-17-1 (21 KOs). Velez last won a fight in December 2021 and has gone 1-12 since 2020.

Casey Dixon, 5-0 (4 KOs), vs. Donnis Reed, 5-18-1 (3 KOs), in a six-round light heavyweight bout.

Amber Summers, 7-0 (7 KOs), vs. Tarrethia Dixon, 2-4 (2 KOs), in a six-round bantamweight bout.

David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.

Amado Vargas Defeats Angel LunaTKO In Round 3

Amado Vargas finishes Angel Luna in third round

Amado Vargas learns his lesson, lightens up for Angel Luna

Amado Vargas Defeats Angel Luna
TKO In Round 3