Oscar Valdez is set to head home. The unbeaten two-division and reigning WBC junior lightweight titlist will next face 2016 Olympic Gold medalist and current 130-pound contender Robson Conceicao. The bout will top an ESPN+ telecast to take place Sept...
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Xander Xayas Video Interview - (video by Ryan Burton) - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas - Women's world champion Claressa Shields was ringside for the WBO's interim-super featherweight title, Shakur Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs) dominated Jeremiah Nakathila (21-2...
VIRGIN HOTELS LAS VEGAS – Troy “Transformer” Isley (2-0) was barely touched in his second professional bout against LaQuan Evans (4-2-). The 22-year-old was in control from the opening bell with a well-placed jab and precision counter punching.
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Jeremiah Nakathila’s height advantage over Shakur Stevenson was obvious as they stood face-to-face Friday after they made weight. Namibia’s Nakathila stands approximately three inches taller than the 5-foot-7 Stevenson. He also believes he is a bigge...
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The leader of Puerto Rico’s new wave, 18-year-old welterweight Xander Zayas, is not wasting time. Zayas, who scored one-sided victories in February and April, returns Saturday, June 12 in a six-rounder against “Lethal” Larry Fryers at The Theater at...
Former two-weight world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza has set his aim on another title. Pedraza, from Cidra, Puerto Rico, will take on the undefeated Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez in a 10-round junior welterweight tilt Saturday, June 12 at The The...
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Xander Zayas will never forget the first time he was able to fight in his adopted home state of Florida. Nor will the 18-year-old ever let go of the feeling he enjoyed doing so with fans permitted in attendance this time around. The rising welterweig...
Xander Zayas was fighting in his adopted home state of Florida for just the third time in his career though the first time with fans in attendance. The occasion didn’t at all go to waste for the 18-year-old Puerto Rican, who scored a 1st round knocko...
You can’t always believe what you read on the internet, so when it was posted that Xander Zayas’ mom took him to the local boxing gym in San Juan at the age of five so he could learn to defend himself from bullies, I figured it must be a typo, becaus...
Josue "The Prodigy" Vargas was born in Isabel, Puerto Rico, and idolized the great Felix "Tito" Trinidad. For the first time in his professional career, he’ll have a building full of Puerto Rican fans cheering him on. Vargas will fight Willie Shaw in...
Xander Zayas , the unbeaten prospect signed by Top Rank, feels his next fight against Demarcus Layton is clear evidence of his career advancement. The Puerto Rican boxer has a record of 7-0, with 5 knockouts, while his opponent has a pro tally of 8-1...
LAS VEGAS – Xander Zayas made a splash in his Bubble debut. The Puerto Rico-bred, Florida-based prospect impressed in a six-round unanimous decision over James Martin in their ESPN+ televised preliminary Saturday evening at MGM Grand Conference Ce...
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A significant part of Xander Zayas’ journey in 2020 including his graduating from high school. Higher education for the 18-year old welterweight has taken place in the gym and in the ring, never more so than the training camp enjoyed for his first fi...
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