(JULY 15) LAS VEGAS - World
Boxing Council (WBC) female World super featherweight champion
Eva Wahlstrom has a new title challenger, Ronica "Queen"
Jeffrey, who has replaced Yareli "Chocolita" Larios, in the
August 2nd headliner at the famed Thomas & Mack Center in Las
Vegas.
Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions is offering free admission
for this latest installment of RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASSŪ,
the world's leading digital subscription service for combat
sports, offering free admission to its loyal fanbase in Las
Vegas.
RJJ Boxing co-founder and living legend Roy Jones, Jr. will host
a meet-and-great for VIP ticket holders prior to the fights.
The main card will stream live and exclusively, starting at 10
p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, on UFC FIGHT PASS. Many of the boxing
promoters and female boxers, like Holly Holm, Heather Hardy and
others, venture into not only boxing but to MMA.
Former European champion Wahlstrom (22-1-1, 3 KOs), fighting out
of Finland, captured her WBC female World super featherweight
title in 2015, winning a 10-round decision over Natalia Vanesa
del Valle Aguirre, followed with four successful title defenses,
all by way of 10-round decisions, against Dahiana Santana
(35-7), Anahi Esther Sanchez (14-0), Mayra Alejandra Gomez
(18-5) and Melissa St. Vil (10-2-4).
Wahlstrom's fifth title defense in the 10-round main event is
now against Jeffrey (17-1, 1 KO), the former IWBF world super
featherweight champion from Brooklyn. She is also a former WBC
Silver featherweight and North American Boxing Federation (NABF)
featherweight title holder.
Also fighting on UFC FIGHT PASS are a pair of Fort Worth, Texas
fighters, middleweight John "The Phenom" Vera (18-1, 11 KOs) and
featherweight Edward "Kid" Vasquez (6-0) in six-round matches.
The former world top 10-rated Vera takes on past WBA FEDALATIN
welterweight champion Ravshan Hudaynazarov (17-1, 13 KOs), the
Uzbekistan native living in Las Vegas, in the co-featured event.
Vasquez is matched against Dominican Republic knockout
specialist Yeuri "Dinamita" Andujar (4-1, 3 KOs) in a battle of
contrasting boxing styles.
UFC FIGHT PASS opens with WIBA bantamweight Interim world
champion Rosalinda Rodriguez (10-0, 2 KOs) in a non-title,
six-round bout against unbeaten Californian Jamie "The Miracle"
Mitchell (5-0-1, 3 KOs).
Undefeated Colombian super bantamweight Brandon Valdes (12-0, 7
KOs) is scheduled to fight on the non-streaming undercard
against an opponent to be determined.
The evening starts with a lightweight showdown between
Californian Donald Brown (7-0, 5 KOs), the WBC Latino
featherweight champion, versus fellow undefeated prospect,
Dallas' Francisco Martinez (5-0, 3 KOs), in a six-round bout.
All fights and fighters are subject to change.
