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Alexis Rocha To Defend NABO Welterweight
Title Against Anthony Young On May 27
Returning to the fight stage as a headliner for the second
time of 2023, Alexis “Lex” Rocha (22-1, 14 KOs) will defend
his NABO Welterweight title for the third time against
Anthony “Juice” Young (24-2, 8 KOs). The 12-round
welterweight fight, which was originally scheduled for last
January, will take place at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino
and will be broadcast worldwide on DAZN beginning at 5:00
p.m. PT / 8:00 p.m. ET.
“I’m back in the ring on May 27 and I’m looking forward to
staying busy,” said Alexis Rocha. “I can’t wait to put on
another great performance for all those in Southern
California who make the trip to Fantasy Springs, but also
for all of my fans who tune in on DAZN. Anthony Young is
familiar to me because I was preparing to face him in my
last fight before he was injured. I’ll be ready for this
fight and my focus is to end this early with another big
knockout for my fans.”
“I’m just thankful for the opportunity to perform on this
platform,” said Anthony Young. “With the strength of Allah
we are going to shock the world twice!”
“As he showed last time out, Rocha is an absolute beast who
is more than deserving of a title shot in the welterweight
division,’ said Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Oscar De La
Hoya. “But Anthony Young is the real deal who has knocked
off a Golden Boy fighter in the past. Rocha needs to use his
power to get rid of Young early and move on to the next step
of his career.”
Media interested in applying for a media credential can
visit https://bit.ly/5_27RochaYoung. Credential applications
are due EOD May 22.
Information on the undercard will be announced in the coming
weeks.
Hailing from Santa Ana, California, Alexis “Lex” Rocha comes
from a respected fight family. The younger brother of Ronny
Rios, he was the youngest fighter to win a gold medal at the
Junior Olympics at 14-years-old in 2012 and caught the
attention of the boxing world as he continued on to become a
six-time national champion during his amateur career. Rocha
signed with Golden Boy in January 2016 and made an
electrifying professional debut in March 2016, knocking out
Jordan Rosario at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. His
only career blemish is an unanimous decision loss in October
2021 against Rashidi Ellis, in which he confidently came
back with six consecutive wins. Rocha locked in the NABO
Welterweight title in an unanimous decision victory against
Argentinian Luis Alberto Veron in July 2022 on the undercard
of Ryan Garcia vs. Javier Fortuna, which he has successfully
defended against Jesus “Ricky” Perez in October 2022 and
George Ashie in January 2023.
Anthony “Juice” Young represents Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He made his professional debut at 23-years-old on October
28, 2011 against Kywayne Hill, winning by unanimous
decision. With only two blemishes on his early career
resume, he has had a string of wins, including a stunning
upset of former WBO junior middleweight champion Sadam Ali
via third-round knockout on the May 2019 Alvarez vs. Jacobs
undercard in Las Vegas. Since then, he has fought
victoriously three times, the last being a unanimous
decision win over Jose Zaragoza in October 2022.
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