09/25/2024
The DMV region’s top rising boxing stars will be showcased on the “Prospect Show,” an action-packed card from Lamont Roach, Sr.’s NoXcuse Promotions held in association with ProBoxTV on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Rosecroft Raceway (6336 Rosecroft Drive; free onsite parking) in Fort Washington, MD. Tickets, priced at $75, $100, and $125 (plus fees), can be purchased online at teamnoxcuse.com/tickets. Doors open at 6:30pm with first bell at 7:30pm. The event will air on ProBoxTV on a future date and time TBD.
Representing Northern Virginia and headlining the Main Event, Eric “El Toro” Hernandez (11-1, 5 KOs) of Ashburn, VA squares off against Dewayne Zeigler(11-1-1, 5 KOs) of Montgomery, AL in an eight-round lightweight tilt. After a six-year layoff, Hernandez has won two straight including beating Jonatan Hernan Godoy by unanimous decision last June in Washington, DC.
Super featherweight sensation Frankie “The Franchise” Scarboro Jr. (8-0-, 7 KOs) of Cheverly, MD puts his undefeated record on the line against fellow unbeatenWayne Lawrence (7-0, 4 KOs) of Toledo, OH in the evening’s co-Main Event. Scarboro, a business administration major who boxed at Glenville State University, is coming off a RD3 TKO over Jose Rodriguez-Crespo May 18 in DC.
Following impressive hometown pro debuts last June in DC, the highly decorated duo of welterweight Ben Johnson (1-0, 1 KO) and flyweight Jordan “Ice Man” Roach (1-0) – both multiple national amateur champions – will step up to six-round contests in their second fights with Johnson set to face Kevin Pantoja (1-1). Roach’s opponent is TBD. Johnson dispatched Michael Williams with a RD1 TKO, while Roach earned a unanimous victory over Luis Domingo Hernández Cambero in their respective first professional bouts.
Two more undefeated prospects are scheduled to compete on the card – Washington, DC welterweight David “Bodysnatcher” Whitmire (6-0, 5 KOs) and Max Garland (5-0, 5 KOs) of Capitol Heights, MD. Whitmire, who beat Abdalla Nagy in his last bout on June 22, 2024, in Baltimore, faces Renny Viamonte Mastrapa(3-1-1, 2 KOs) of Las Vegas in a six-round bout while Garland goes up against Gil Garcia (5-7-1, 1 KO) of Houston, TX in a four-round contest. Garland is coming off a RD1 TKO over Marklin Bailey on a DC card held earlier this month. Rounding out the card of rising stars is undefeated super bantamweight Cornellio Phipps (3-0, 2 KOs) of Oxford, PA, taking on Gary Hampton (5-1) of Fort Worth, TX in a six-round contest.
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