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Freudis Rojas Steps In To Face Kevin Anton In Battle Of
Towering Junior-Middleweight Southpaws Oct. 16
WBC No. 16-ranked Kevin Anton will defend his WBC
Continental Americas junior-middleweight title against
once-beaten Freudis “Freddy” Rojas in the 10-round main
event of ProBoxTV’s next “Championship Series” event,
broadcast live (8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm MT) on Friday, October
16, from the Rawhide Western Town & Event Center in Phoenix,
Arizona.
With an injury in training sidelining original foe Yan
Marcos, unbeaten 6-foot-3 southpaw Anton, 14-0 (12 KOs), a
Guatemalan-American from Palmdale, California, will now face
6-foot-2 southpaw Rojas, 15-1 (11 KOs), of Houston via Las
Vegas to top a card that also features WBC No. 5-ranked
Justin Pauldo, 20-2, (10 KOs), facing WBO No. 11-ranked Rene
Tellez Giron, 23-5 (14 KOs), in the 10-round lightweight
co-main event.
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A 2017 World Championships bronze medalist and 2020 Olympic
Alternate as an amateur, 28-year-old Rojas turned
professional in 2021 and stopped his first eleven
professional opponents. 28-year-old Rojas has since gone the
distance in his last five, going 4-1.
Against Anton, Rojas will be looking to get back into the
win column after losing his last fight, a DAZN-televised
10-round unanimous decision to Mexican spoiler Damian Sosa
in April of this year. Fighting for just the second time in
two years, and the first time in over a year, an
increasingly fatigued Rojas had no answers for Sosa’s
relentless pressure and was knocked down in round six.
A rangy, long-armed boxer with good footwork and an
excellent jab, Rojas is co-trained by his father, Freudis
Rojas Sr., and Shakur Stevenson protegee Kay Koroma at the O
to 100 Boxing Club in Houston.
A barber when not throwing leather in the ring, Anton’s
family has roots in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Proud of his
heritage, the 28-year-old southpaw frequently walks to the
ring for his fights waving the Guatemalan flag and calls
himself "Americo-Chapin".
In 2026, the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala
officially honored him and Martínez with the Condecoración
Soberano Congreso Nacional for representing the country with
distinction.
Reminiscent of WBC 154lbs champion Sebastian Fundora with
his 6-foot-3 stature and destructive, long-armed punching,
Palmdale, California’s Anton will be making his fourth
consecutive appearance on ProBoxTV and fighting in his first
main event against Rojas.
WBC No. 16-ranked Anton was last seen handily defeating
capable veteran Vladimir Hernandez by near-shutout scores of
100-90, 100-90, 99-91 in July.
ProBoxTV will be announcing more October 16 matchups
shortly.
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