{"id":79825,"date":"2019-04-25T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79825"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:12:49","slug":"roy-jones-jr-returns-to-the-ring-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79825","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones, JR Returns to the Ring – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Photo by Manny “Mitts” Murillo<\/strong><\/p>\n

(L-R) – Connor Coyle, promoter Roy Jones, Jr. and Robert Burwell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The official weigh in was held today for tomorrow night’s (Apr. 25) RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS\u00ae card, showcasing several undefeated prospects, to be streamed live from Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

Undefeated Irish middleweight prospect Connor “The Kid” Coyle (9-0, 3 KOs), fighting out of Derry, Northern Ireland, headlines against Robert Burwell (8-2, 3 KOs), fighting out of Orlando (FL), in the eight-round main event.<\/p>\n

Coyle vs. Burwell, promoted by Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions, starts on FIGHT PASS at 10 p.m. ET \/ 7 p.m. PT. It will be the fifth show under a new agreement between Coyle’s, RJJ Boxing, and FIGHT PASS, to live-stream up to 72 professional boxing events over the next three years.<\/p>\n

Also fighting on FIGHT PASS in the eight-round co-featured event is undefeated Fort Lauderdale, FL lightweight Antonio “Bang” Williams (9-0, 4 KOs) versus Texas Eduardo “Thunder” Garza (13-2, 7 KOs).<\/p>\n

Another undefeated fighter, Houston welterweight Jerrico “Hands of Stone” Walton (12-0, 7 KOs), meets Jesus Zatuetta Anaya (6-3-1, 4 KOs) in an eight-rounder.<\/p>\n

Opening FIGHT PASS is undefeated, world-rated Rosalinda Rodriguez (9-0, 2 KOs), of Miami, against Hungarian bantamweight Martina Morgasz (6-3-1, 4 KOs) in a six-round fight.<\/p>\n

Fighters on the off-FIGHT Pass card include Las Vegas bantamweight Mikayla “MK Ultra” Nebel (2-6) vs. Shurretta Metcalf (5-3-1, 2 KOs), and in an International match-up, Japanese junior featherweight Katsuma “El Cuete Japonecito” Akitsugi (2-0, 1 KOs) vs. Ricard Lucio Galvan (0-2), of Belgium.<\/p>\n

Fighters’ official weights below:<\/p>\n

OFFICIAL WEIGHTS<\/p>\n

MAIN EVENT – MIDDLEWEIGHTS (8)*
\nConnor Coyle (9-0, 3 KOs), Derry, Northern Ireland, UK 159.8 lbs.
\nRobert Burwell (8-2, 3 KOs), Orland, FL 160 lbs.<\/p>\n

CO-FEATURE – JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHTS (8)*
\nAntonio Williams (9-0, 4 KOs), Fort Lauderdale, FL 133.6 lbs.
\nEduardo Garza (13-2, 7 KOs), Mission, TX 129.6 lbs.<\/p>\n

WELTERWEIGHTS (8)*
\nJerrico Walton (12-0, 7 KOs), Houston, TX 146.6 lbs.
\nJesus Zazuetta Anaya (6-3-1, 4 KOs), Los Mochia, Mexico 145.6 lbs.<\/p>\n

FEMALE BANTAMWEIGHTS (6)*
\nRosalinda Rodriguez (9-0, 2 KOs), Miami, FL 117.4 lbs.
\nMartina Horgasz (5-2, 4 KOs), Budapest, Hungary 117.4 lbs.<\/p>\n

FEMALE BANTAMWEIGHTS (4)
\nMikayla Nebel (2-6), Las Vegas, NV 120 lbs.
\nShurretta Metcalf (5-3-1, 2 KOs), Dallas, TX 119.6 lbs.<\/p>\n

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHTS (4)
\nKatsuma Akitsugi (2-0, 1 KO), Hollywood, CA by way of Japan 122.8 lbs.
\nRicardo Lucio Galvan (0-2), Schazrbeck, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium 123.2 lbs.<\/p>\n

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[AdSense-A] Photo by Manny “Mitts” Murillo (L-R) – Connor Coyle, promoter Roy Jones, Jr. and Robert Burwell The official weigh in was held today for tomorrow night’s (Apr. 25) RJJ Boxing on UFC FIGHT PASS\u00ae card, showcasing several undefeated prospects, to be streamed live from Sam’s Town Hotel & Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20010],"class_list":["post-79825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-roy-jones-jr-returns-to-the-ring-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79825"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}