Boxing legend Danny Garcia’s Swift Promotions will proceed to construct off their four-event debut final 12 months by kicking off 2025 with one other explosive night time of motion, as “THE FUTURE IS NOW” involves the famed 2300 Enviornment in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 8, that includes a few of boxing’s most fun prospects and contenders.
Unbeaten Mathew “Lefty Gunz” Gonzalez (15-0-1, 10 KOs) of Ridgewood, New York, takes on Jino Rodrigo (12-4-2, 10 KOs) of Antipolo Metropolis, Rizal, Philippines in an eight-round tremendous light-weight attraction that headlines the cardboard streaming stay on BXNG TV starting at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. Within the eight-round co-featured bout, fashionable tremendous middleweight Thomas “Cornflake” Lamanna (38-5-1, 17 KOs), of Millville, New Jersey, will face Noe Alejandro Lopez (11-6-1, 4 KOs) of Spring, TX.
Undefeated welterweight Juan Rivera V (5-0, 3 KOs) of Philadelphia will go in opposition to Maracaibo, Venezuela’s Yeifer Valencia (6-4, 5 KOs) in a six-round battle, whereas tremendous light-weight contender Daiyaan Butt (19-2, 10 KOs) of Newark, New Jersey will go eight rounds in opposition to confirmed veteran Issouf Kinda (20-6, 9 KOs) of the Bronx by way of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
In a six-round junior flyweight attraction, rising ladies’s prospect Nyousha “SuperFly” Nakhjiri (1-0) of Vancouver, Canada by way of Iran competes in opposition to Josefina Vega (Sep 11, 4 KOs) of New York Metropolis by way of Quito, Ecuador.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, prospect Thanjhae Teasley (11-0, 5 KOs) will put his undefeated report on the road in a brilliant welterweight six-rounder versus the Dominican Republic’s Eudy Bernardo (25-8, 18 KOs).
Unbeaten power-punching tremendous light-weight Thomas Blumenfeld (7-0, 6 KOs) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, will tackle once-beaten rival Frankie Sanchez Jr. (7-1-2, 6 KOs) of Aurora CA, over eight rounds, and rounding out this stacked night time of boxing, undefeated Maple Shade, New Jersey, light-weight Justin Palmieri (3-0, 1 KO) will seem in a four-round bout in opposition to additionally undefeated Antonio Gates (3-0, 2 KOs) of Metairie, Louisiana by way of Chicago.
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After placing on 4 occasions within the second half of final 12 months, Swift Promotions will surge into 2025 with a loaded combat card all going down on the traditional Philadelphia venue recognized for boxing motion. With an enormous 2025 within the works, Swift Promotions Founder Danny Garcia believes March 8 will set the tone for the 12 months forward.
“That is gonna be a can’t-miss night time for Swift Promotions to kick off the 12 months with on March 8 at 2300 Enviornment in Philly,” stated boxing legend and Founder and CEO of Swift Promotions Danny Garcia. “We’ve bought a number of the greatest younger expertise on the planet going into that ring and I can’t anticipate them to show their abilities.”
Now preventing out of New Jersey below the Swift Promotions banner, Puerto Rican contender Mathew Gonzalez is unbeaten since turning professional in 2017 and can look to proceed his ascent up the 140-pound rankings on March 8. The 29-year-old has scored stoppage victories in 5 of his final six victories, with the one blemish in his professional profession to date coming by way of a majority draw in opposition to Dakota Linger in October 2021. Gonzalez will return to the pleasant confines of the 2300 Enviornment, the place his final two victories occurred. These triumphs noticed him cease Benjamin Lamptey in spherical two of their July 2024 conflict, earlier than he most just lately scored one other second-round stoppage, this time over Patrick Okine final September.
A 14-year skilled, the likeable “Cornflake” LaManna has beforehand held the WBC FECARBOX and the New Jersey State Welterweight Championships and, in his most up-to-date combat, captured the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) middleweight gold belt with a third-round knockout win over Juan Carlos Abreu in June 2024 at Bally’s Atlantic Metropolis. LaManna has received his final eight bouts, courting again to 2021.
Born in Iran and representing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Nyousha Nakhjiri (1-0) was a prolific beginner who amassed a 45-10 report together with a gold medal on the Haringey Field Cup, Europe’s largest open match. Her beginner run noticed her ranked because the No. 1 flyweight on the Canadian Nationwide Crew earlier than she turned professional final Might. The 27-year-old just lately joined the Swift Promotions crew after a profitable professional debut that noticed her defeat Frida Citlati Torres Rangel by determination final Might.
