World-ranked super middleweight contender Ali Akhmedov (18-1, 14 KOs), a training partner of unified middleweight world champion Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, will meet TBA in a ten-rounder on July 30 at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly Staples Center).
In an eight-round super middleweight scrap, Cem ‘Champ’ Kilic, (16-1, 8 KOs) will face TBA.
These bouts take place on the undercard of a celebrity boxing pay-per-view show billed as Social Gloves: ‘No More Talk’ headlined by a grudge match between YouTubers Austin McBroom and AnEson Gib. In the co-feature, former Los Angeles Laker Nick ‘Swaggy P’ Young faces hip-hopper BlueFace. Also, in a heavyweight boxing exhibition between former NFL All-Pro running backs, Le’Veon Bell collides with Adrian Peterson.
In other pro boxing matches, undefeated female welterweight Summer Lynn (7-0, 3 KOs) faces Crystal Morales (9-11, 2 KOs) for the WBA NABA women’s title, Freddie Roach-trained light heavyweight Marco Deckmann (9-1, 7 KOs) meets James Ballard (10-4, 3 KOs), in a scheduled six-rounder.
In four-rounders, junior welterweight Tayden ‘The Heat’ Beltran (3-0-1, 2 KOs) battles MMA veteran and pro debuting boxer Benji Gomez, lightweight Mattias Radcliffe (2-0-1, 1 KO) clashes with Christian Renteria (9-12, 8 KOs), and featherweight Joshua Garcia, (4-0, 2 KOs) will face an opponent to be announced.
The card is presented by Bash Boxing in association with Simply Greatness Productions and NextGen Boxing.
Being good at other sports has very little to do at being good at boxing. You can be ripped, big, strong, and athletic as hell, but unless you are committed to learning the craft of boxing-none of that matters. Of course, if you take the dedication and winning attitude it took to excel at one sport and apply that to boxing, that will be a tremendous benefit. How many times have you seen pro athletes and tough guys get into a ring with a little training under their belt, looking like Adonis only to spaz out throwing reckless arm punches and gassing out in less than a minute. I admit, seeing these names is apealing, but my interest in these fights would be for comedic purposes only.
Easy fight for Peterson if he’s allowed to use his switch