Posted on 12/19/2022The first Lebanese skilled boxer returns to BoxingInsider Promotions combat card tabbed “Vacation Combat Evening.” The occasion takes place Wednesday, December 21, simply 4 days earlier than Christmas, essentially the most fantastic time of the yr, at Sony Corridor, in Instances Sq., New York Metropolis.
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Featured on the cardboard shall be Nadim Salloum, the primary and solely skilled boxer to be born and raised in Lebanon, former WBA Intercontinental Tremendous Middleweight Champion Anthony Sims Jr. making debut at middleweight, two-time world champion challenger Sulem Urbina and northwest New York native Elon de Jesus.
Nadim Salloum (9-1, 4 KOs) born in Jounieh, Lebanon, is the primary and solely skilled boxer to be born and raised in Lebannon. Nadim now resides in Brooklyn and has a raucous following. The Lebanese trustworthy’s fandom didn’t go unnoticed at Nadim’s final combat at Sony Corridor on October 13 at Sony Corridor. On Wednesday, Nadim will battle Decarlo 3mendo” Perez (19-6, 6 KOs) in an eight-round tremendous middleweight bout.
“Since I’ve made it to the skilled ranks, boxing has grown a lot again in Lebanon,” stated Nadim. “Folks know that it’s doable at the very least now. Each time I’m going again dwelling, I do an occasion simply speaking and exhibiting them movies explaining to them how boxing actually works and share my story on the similar time – what occurs behind the scenes for a Lebanese boxer. Final summer time we gathered round 60 folks and taught them extra concerning the sport. Subsequent summer time I plan to do a coaching camp for youths in want with a Lebanese American NGO as nicely so hold them out of streets by boxing.
This shall be BoxingInsider Promotions second combat card. Their first, on October 13, additionally at Sony Corridor, had a raucous standing-room-only crowd.
Andy Dominguez (8-0, 6 KOs) from The Bronx and born in Mexico, knocked out his final opponent within the first spherical in entrance of a boisterous standing room solely crowd gone wild that included lots of his household and pals.
Sulem Urbina (13-2-1, 2 KOs), born in Mexico now dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona started her boxing life preventing on the Oxnard PAL as an newbie and has fought in two world champion fights in 5 years as a professional.
Anthony “The Magician” Sims Jr. (22-1, 20 KOs) born in Indianapolis now residing in Los Angeles made his professional debut on April 9, 2014, following a stellar profession. He rolled by his first twenty bouts which earned him a January 30, 2020, WBO Latino supermiddleweight title combat, which he misplaced by break up resolution. He would rebound in his subsequent combat, successful the WBA Intercontinental Tremendous Middleweight title on August 13, 2021 with a ninth spherical stoppage. On December 21, Sims Jr will combat Anthony Todd (14-6, 8 KOs) from Atlanta, GA in an eight-round middleweight bout.
Alejandro Luis Silva (19-0, 14 KOs) from Avellaneda. Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a former Argentinean Welterweight Champion. He received that title, February 15, 2020 and efficiently defended it 5 occasions. Silva will battle Ghana’s Issa Samir (19-1, 16 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight bout.
Elon “El Leon” de Jesus (4-1, 3 KOs) from Dunkirk, NY, made his skilled debut on December 18, 2020. Elon will combat in a six-round bantamweight bout towards Jesus Arturo “Chucho” Guzman (8-10, 5 KOs).
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