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Fists Of Fury At Hard Rock Hollywood Returns April 12
South Florida’s premier boxing promotion, The Heavyweight
Factory, continues a strong start to 2026 with a stacked
professional boxing card on Sunday, April 12, at Hard Rock
Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood,
Florida. The nine-bout card, the latest installment of the
promotion’s Fists of Fury series, will be headlined by an
all-Cuban showdown of undefeated lightweight contenders
Armando “El Relámpago” Martinez and Neslan Machado.
In the main event, WBC Middle East, WBC FECARBOX, and WBA
Continental lightweight champion Armando “El Relámpago”
Martinez (17-0, 15 KOs) attempts to continue his trek toward
a world title as he takes on undefeated lightweight
contender Neslan Machado (21-0, 10 KOs) in a 10-round bout.
It will be Martinez’s first bout of his 2026 campaign
following an impressive four-fight unbeaten run in 2025.
The event will also feature the 2026 debuts of boxing’s next
big attraction, the Bonilla Twins. Blue-chip phenoms Ari
(5-0, 2 KOs) and Andrey Bonilla (5-0, 4 KOs), of El Paso,
Texas, by way of Pasadena, California, look to continue
their meteoric rise in separate special attraction bouts.
Also on the card, rising junior welterweight Montaser “The
Boy King” Aboughaly (7-0, 3 KOs) of Tampa will make a quick
turnaround following his show-stopping knockout in January
and will once again put his undefeated record on the line.
Rounding out the card, rising prospects and local favorites
Aaron Aponte (13-3-1, 4 KOs) and Gavonne Bess (7-0, 2 KOs)
kick off their 2026 campaigns in exciting bouts.
Featherweight prospect Sebastian Santana (3-0, 2 KOs), light
heavyweight veteran Jose Cortes (9-5, 3 KOs), and super
middleweight Jeremy Park (1-1) will appear in separate
bouts.
“We set the tone with our partner Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino with a great event in January,” said promoter Kris
Lawrence. “As you’ve come to expect from Heavyweight
Factory, this event is stacked with great matchups and a
huge title fight in the main event at the historic Hard Rock
Live.”
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