Salita Promotions returns to Flint, Mich., on Thursday, December 12 with the subsequent version of BIG TIME BOXING USA, the game’s main expertise developmental collection, that includes a combat card loaded with a few of boxing’s prime prospects, together with Michigan’s Ardreal “Bossman” Holmes Jr., Joey Spencer, Da’Velle “Hitman 2.0” Smith and Leon Lawson III.
This would be the sixth BIG TIME BOXING USA card because the collection launched in February and is inarguably the collection’ strongest lineup so far from prime to backside. All of the motion takes place at Dort Monetary Heart in Flint, with the highest 4 bouts airing stay on DAZN, the undisputed world dwelling of boxing. Tickets for the occasion go on sale on Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET and might be bought on-line HERE or in-person on the Dort Monetary Heart Field Workplace.
After efficiently defending his USBA Junior Middleweight title in September, Flint native Holmes (16-0, 6 KOs) returns to his hometown to place his title on the road as soon as once more in the principle occasion in opposition to an skilled challenger, French veteran Ahmed El Mousaoui (35-6-1, 9 KOs).
Fan favourite Spencer (18-1, 11 KOs) from close by Fenton, Mich., will contest a 10-round bout at 160 kilos. Spencer has rebounded with two wins since struggling his lone defeat to undefeated, extremely rated Jesus Ramos in March 2023.
Spencer will combat for the second time as knowledgeable in his dwelling state of Michigan. “It was the very best expertise to combat in entrance of followers and pals from everywhere in the state,” Spencer mentioned. “I grew up preventing alongside Ardreal Holmes and Leon Lawson – coaching and touring collectively to tournaments and even sparring each other as we grew into the identical weight class.
“Large Time Boxing is a really cool collection and Dmitriy Salita is doing so much for Michigan boxing. I’m psyched for Dec. 12 and can be able to placed on a present.”
“My crew and I are proud to announce the strongest BIG TIME BOXING USA combat card so far,” Salita mentioned. “Because the collection launched in February now we have been constructing and rising this collection to develop into the premier expertise developmental platform for younger fighters and this combat card is the very best of all of them. We thank DAZN for offering the worldwide platform for these fighters to shine and earn their shot at a world title. And we thank the followers of Flint for supporting their hometown heroes and the game of boxing general. We had a terrific present in September on the Dort Monetary Heart and this combat card is much more loaded with hard-hitting expertise.”
Smith, who has been touted as Detroit’s best, undefeated middleweight prospect since Tommy Hearns, is coming off a formidable victory over Gilberto Pereira dos Santos in Puerto Rico final month. Smith is 10-0 with 8 knockouts and appears to construct on his momentum when he returns to the ring in opposition to William Townsel (8-1, 6 KOs) from Virginia Seaside. This matchup represents the primary huge check for Smith, who’s considered the second coming of the legendary Hearns for his mixture of velocity, energy and physique. Townsel beforehand upset Nadim Salloum, who was 12-1 coming into the bout, on the March version of BIG TIME BOXING USA.
Flint native Lawson (16-1, 9 KOs), cousin of Anthony and Andre Dirrell, is again after a formidable efficiency in September when he dominated Argentinian Luis Alberto Veron to earn his second-straight TKO. Lawson’s tremendous welterweight opponent is to be decided. Moreover, former world title challenger Byron Rojas (28-4-3, 11 KOs) will combat on the cardboard.
Surging expertise Samantha Worthington (9-0, 7 KOs) from Lexington, Ky., will compete for the third time in 2024 as she defends her undefeated document in a girls’s tremendous light-weight bout. Worthington is ranked No. 2 within the IBF, No. 4 within the WBO and No. 6 within the WBC and WBA at 140 kilos. Worthington is promoted by the “GWOAT”, unified girls’s world champion and Flint native Claressa Shields and T-Rex Promotions. Shields and Worthington had been U.S. Olympic teammates in 2016.
Shields added that Worthington is a fighter Flint followers gained’t wish to miss. “Samantha goes to showcase the relentless work ethic and super talent that first caught my eye and are pushing her up the rankings,” Shields mentioned. “Samantha is on a path to problem the game’s prime fighters, with future world title bouts in opposition to the likes of Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano effectively inside her attain. Michigan followers, prepare to observe a rising star in girls’s boxing proper in your individual yard.”
