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Ergashev Feeling Reborn In Boxing Ahead Of Main Event
Battle Against Angel Martinez At Detroit Brawl
Closing in on a world-title shot, Detroit via Rakhmon,
Uzbekistan’s IBF #6-, WBA #12-, WBO #8- and RING #8-ranked
Shohjahon Ergashev (22-0, 19 KOs) says he’s aware of the
danger and knows what’s on the line when he takes on his
next foe, fellow knockout artist Angel “El Furioso” Martinez
Hernandez (14-1-2, 14 KOs) from Baja California, Mexico.
The two knockout punchers will meet in a 10-round super
lightweight shootout as one of two main events for Salita
Promotions’ next Detroit Brawl event, on Wednesday, August
10, 2022, at the historic Garden Theater in Midtown Detroit.
Unbeaten WBO #12-, IBF #11-, WBC #7-ranked light heavyweight
Ali Izmailov (8-0, 6 KOs) and also undefeated Eric Murguia
(14-0, 12 KOs) will be fighting for the USBA Light
Heavyweight Championship in the other 10-round main event.
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Living and training in Detroit at the Kronk Gym under
world-famous trainer SugarHill Steward, Ergashev says taking
on such a dangerous foe so close to a world-title fight will
benefit his career in the long run.
“I’m close to a title fight and I think this fight has a
role for my experience,” said Ergashev during a break in
training. “My father once told me to never underestimate the
strength of any opponent. I am sure this is a worthy
opponent, but that doesn't mean he's stronger than me.”
Ergashev says facing another puncher meant switching up in
training at Kronk for this match.
“This time in training, we paid a little more attention to
strength and physical preparation, rather than just boxing
technique,” admitted Ergashev, “and I’m delighted with the
result. To be back in an American boxing ring, I feel a
surge of strength and thirst for battle. This is my second
fight this year and I feel like I'm reborn in boxing. I am
ready to put on a spectacular show.”
Ergashev, who says he loves his adopted home of Detroit and
has a special feeling for the people, is a hero of national
proportions in his native Uzbekistan with over two million
Instagram followers alone. “Having so many followers, I can
feel the power of my fans' support,” he said. “But, at the
same time, I am aware of the social significance of the
content on my page, so I try to share my opinion and outlook
on life with my subscribers. I like to motivate people.”
Also featured that night will be an eight-round super
bantamweight battle between Accra, Ghana’s Prince Dzanie
(22-0, 18 KOs) and Juan Gabriel Medina (14-11, 12 KOs) of La
Romana, DOM, as well as undefeated Icelandic heavyweight
Kolbeinn “The Ice Bear” Kristinsson taking on unpredictable
Houstonian Rodney Moore (20-22-2, 9 KOs) in a six-round
battle of big men.
Undefeated Grand Rapids, Michigan-based former amateur
champions Joseph Hicks Jr. and Joshua Pagan will also see
action that night, as Hicks (2-0, 2 KOs) will face
experienced Dominican scrapper Jonathan Batista (19-16, 12
KOs) in a six-round middleweight struggle, while Pagan will
take on Brazilian scrapper Maycon Oller Da Silva (1-5) over
four super lightweight rounds. One of Detroit’s own,
undefeated middleweight Da'Velle Smith (3-0, 3 KOs), already
the winner of the WBC’s Big Belt Championship Tournament,
will go four rounds or less with Wenatchee, Washington’s
Devontae McDonald (2-1, 1 KO).
Rounding out the action will be undefeated Houston-based
light heavyweight Darius “DFG” Fulghum (2-0, 2 KOs), who
will take on Delaware’s David Murray (10-3-1, 6 KOs) in a
lightweight six and lastly, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada’s
Spencer Wilcox (3-0, 2 KOs) will face an opponent that is
still TBA in a lightweight six-rounder.
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