
Video: Luis Arias Discusses His Career, Upcoming Fight
Ryan Burton catches up with undefeated super middleweight prospect Luis "Cuba" Arias to discuss his career and more.
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Ryan Burton catches up with undefeated super middleweight prospect Luis "Cuba" Arias to discuss his career and more.

Inside of the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the four participants for tomorrow evening's Showtime-televised doubleheader all weighed in. In the evening's main event, WBA lightweight champion Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8 KO's) weighed in at 134.5 pounds while his opponent Sharif Bogere (23-0, 15 KO's) came in at 134 pounds. In the evening's co-feature bout, talented southpaw Gary Russell Jr. (21-0, 13 KO's) came in at 127 pounds while his opponent, Vyacheslav Gusev (20-2, 5 KO's) came in at 126.5 pounds.

Saturday night, February 23rd, will forever go down as a special one for Luis ‘Cuba’ Arias. Fighting inside of the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan, the 22-year old Arias improved to 3-0 with 2 knockouts after halting an overmatched Edgar Perez inside of a single round. Having seen his professional career momentarily sidetracked last year, Arias has now reeled off a pair of stoppage victories within three weeks of one another as he continues to ride the momentum that comes from being aligned with Floyd Mayweather’s promotional outfit.

In the evening's opening bout, D'Mitrius Ballard had a successful pro debut by stopping Kelly Henderson (0-2) at the 1:06 mark of the first round in their super middleweight contest. Henderson was never in the fight and was sent to the canvas three times prompting the ref to stop the fight.

Ryan Burton catches up with super middleweight prospect Luis Arias (2-0, 1KO), promoted by Floyd Mayweather Jr., discusses his pro career, the upcoming fight on Saturday night in Detroit and more.