ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (July 3, 2024) – Boxing Insider Promotions is known for putting competitive fights where anything is possible. The company has secured the event with its first show at TROPICANA ATLANTIC CITY on May 11, and Boxing Insider Promotions will do it again on FRIDAY, JULY 26.
Boxing Insider Promotions, led by Atlantic City native and Boxing Insider CEO Larry Goldberg, is expected to play their best card from top to bottom, as well as present the most exciting boxing show of the summer on the legendary Boardwalk. In fact, the title of July 26th is world rated heavyweight, OTTO WALLIN (26-2, 14 KO's), the Swedish favorite against the world's best, in an 8-round main event as he climbs the ladder towards the world. header image.
Wallin, ranked #11 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and #16 by the World Boxing Council (WBC), currently resides in New York where he is trained by former three-division world champion Joey Gamache. His only professional losses were against former world champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Given recent events, he can put himself in a position to take the title with a few surprise wins.
His opponent on the July 26 show is ONORIODE EHWARIEME (20-4, 19 KO's), a 6′ 7″ behemoth from Warri, Nigeria, nicknamed “Godzilla.” He is an Olympian who represented Nigeria as a super heavyweight at the 2008 Beijing Games. He is also the WBF Intercontinental Champion, and has an amazing 95 percent KO rate in his victories.
Making a return to the program is junior middleweight JUSTIN FIGUEROA (9-0, 7 KO's), also known as “Mr. Atlantic City,” coming off a fourth-round knockout of Antoni Armas at The Trop on May 11. Figueroa, who is well-known in the area not only for his boxing but also for his skills on the football field at Holy Spirit High School. , and was a member of the prestigious Atlantic City Beach Patrol, the oldest paid force of trained lifeguards in the United States. Another thing he's become known for is his post-fight celebration, which includes him doing the “Worm” in the ring.
Jolene Mizzone, President of Fighters First Management, which represents Wallin and Figueroa, says, “This is our second time working with Boxing Insider and from the promotional side of the business we couldn't be happier to work with them. Larry and his staff really promote boxing events like they did back in the 1980s and 1990s, which is very refreshing.”
Local fight fans who know a thing or two about Atlantic City boxing will definitely remember one of their hometown heroes, Bruce Seldon, who won the World Boxing Association (WBA) World heavyweight championship in 1995. Now it is time for the next generation to take over, as his son, BRUCE SELDON JR. (1-0, 1 KO), will fight a four-round heavyweight bout. Seldon, an Absegami High School football standout, became the champion on June 15 by knocking out Terrick Maven in the first round.
Action knockout artist JACOB SOLIS (4-0, 4 KO's) returns after defeating Brandon Martinez at The Trop on May 11. Solis, who is very popular in both New York and Atlantic City, has not stopped any opponent with him to do more than two. rounds.
In a four-round junior welterweight bout, Brooklyn native JASON CASTANON (1-0 1KO) who debuted on the Boxing Insider card in New York on March 7 when Luis Rivera-Reyes was stopped, will face ARVEONTAE DUKES (2-0), former in the National Junior Olympic finals defeating Beni Beguy in an explosive fight at Sony Hall in New York in December.
And fans can come to the show and meet MICKY WARD, a bright and famous fighter who fought 22 times in Atlantic City, including his two important fights with Arturo Gatti.
He and fellow AC faithful at The Trop will witness a special four-round super middleweight attraction as MARCO “EL TIBURON” ROMERO (1-0, 1 KO), of Olathe, Kansas, showcases the skills that have made him he became a famous novice. Indeed, the 19-year-old Romero has won 136 of 141 bouts in extraordinary levels, including an impressive string of laurels, including five Ringside World Championships, six National Silver Gloves titles, three National crowns Junior Olympics, and two more prestigious ones. domestic qualifications within the last year. Not only did he win the US National Championship, but he also won the National Golden Gloves on May 18 and made his pro debut less than a month later, stopping Jonathan Gary in two rounds on June 15.
More updates on the card are sure to come.
The card can be replaced.
In conjunction with the show, Boxing Insider will donate to the Atlantic City PAL, the only live boxing program currently operating in Atlantic City.
Tickets are priced at $60, $75, $120, $150, $200 and $300, and are available through TicketMaster (
The event will be broadcast live and free of charge on BoxingInsider.com.
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