Boxing Tidbits

Cem Kilic vs DeAndre Ware

This Friday night on the under card of Devin Haney Promotions debut on Showtime’s ‘Showbox- The New Generation’, an interesting bout between undefeated prospects will open the telecast.  Turkish National Amateur Champion Cem Kilic will face Toledo, OH native, DeAndre Ware in a 6 round Super Middleweight bout.

Kilic (11-0, 7 KO’s) is being guided by rising boxing manager, Shane Shapiro and will be taking a huge step up in competition when he faces Ware.  In his previous outing, Kilic stopped Joe Amouta inside of 3 rounds.  It was his toughest test to date and he passed it with flying colors.

Ware (12-0-2) is trained by Lamar Wright, head trainer of contenders Sonny Fredrickson and Tyler McCreary.  Ware is coming off of a big win over previous undefeated fighter, Enrique Collazo.  Ware is riding a 4 fight winning streak since back to back draws in 2017.

 

DON’T BLINK In Action

Joshua Greer Jr (17-1-1) makes his Top Rank debut tonight in Oakland, CA.  The hard hitting Chicago born fighter is garnering a lot of attention for his highlight reel knockouts and his trademark ‘Pillow Talk”.

James Smith found out the hard way https://youtu.be/eSqdpZyOINU Fast forward to the 2 minute mark.

Greer will face Giovanni Delgado (16-7, 9 KO’s) in a 10 round Bantamweight bout.  The fight can be seen on the ESPN + app starting at 7:30 PM ET.

Blue Chip Prospects In Action

Although the Victor Ortiz-John Molina bout was cancelled, which on paper, would have been a hell of a fight, the card from Ontario, CA is stacked with up and coming prospects.

Bite Down Boxing’s #6 prospect Under 21 will be action.  Brandon Figueroa (16-0, 11 KO’s) will now headline the event as he faces off with former World Champion, Oscar Escandon.  ‘The Heartbreaker’ Figueroa looks the part, good looking, skillful and willing to face stiff competition as prepares for a run a World title in the near future.  The Weslaco native is currently ranked 71st in the world and 10th in the United States.

2016 Silver Medalist Joe Joyce (5-0, 5 KO’s) will see action in a 8 round heavyweight bout.  The promising Joyce will face his toughest opponent to date, 30 plus fight veteran, Iago Kiladza.  The 6’6 Joyce will be fighting for the 5th time in 2018.

Feared Heavyweight Prospect Efe Ajagba (6-0, 5 KO’s) returns to actions after a bizarre situation in his last fight.  Ajagba was scheduled to face Curtis Harper but Harper had different plans.  After the referee delivered his instructions and the bell rang for the 1st round, Harper exited the ring to everybody’s surprise.  Hopefully Ajagba’s opponent, Nick Jones (7-0, 5 KO’s) doesn’t second thoughts come fight night.

Former US Junior amateur champion Joey Spencer will be featured in a 4 round Jr. Middleweight bout.  Spencer (4-0, 4 KO’s) is an exciting mixture of both power and speed and his quickly becoming a name to keep an eye on.  Spencer will face Cory Macon (1-2)

Introducing Joseph Landeros 

Riverside, CA may have a future World Champion residing in it’s backyard.

Undefeated Super Bantamweight and High School senior, Joseph Landeros is quietly racking up wins and popularity amongst boxing fans.  Landeros sports an undefeated record of 14-0 with 14 knockouts, including 9 bouts in 2017 in which the majority of them, Landeros was fighting as a 16 year old Junior. He doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon.  The student/athlete is currently maintaining a 4.0 GPA and has returned to the gym in hopes of fighting in 2018 one more time.

The 17 year old Landeros is currently ranked 15th in the United States.