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Salita Promotions Announces Full Fight Card for “Super Fight Sunday” Taking Place at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Mich., on Sunday, February 2 Live on DAZN PhilBoxing.com Sat, 25 Jan 2025  Headliner Claressa Shields Joined By Fellow Heavyweights Brandon Moore & Pryce Taylor, Plus Touted Michigan Prospects Joseph Hicks, Joshua Pagan, Leon Lawson III, and Jaquan McElroy All In Action Women’s Boxing’s Featured As New Salita Promotions Signee Caroline Veyre Fights For Vacant WBA Intercontinental Featherweight Title, Puerto Rican Olympian Ashleyann Lozada Makes Pro Debut and Samantha Worthington Continue Chase For Possible World Title Fight With Katie Taylor DETROIT (Jan. 24, 2025) – Three heavyweight bouts led by headliner and hometown hero the GWOAT Claressa Shields taking on towering Danielle Perkins for the Undisputed Heavyweight World Championship will be featured during “SUPER FIGHT SUNDAY” on February 2 from the Dort Financial Center and airing live on the premier global sports platform DAZN (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT). Two new Salita Promotions heavyweight signees, Brandon Moore and Pryce Taylor, will also be in action as Moore (16-1, 10 KOs) takes on Indianapolis’ Skylar Lacy (8-0-2, 6 KOs) for the USBA Vacant Heavyweight Title in the co-featured bout. Taylor (5-0, 3 KOs) will return to fight in Flint after just six weeks as he squares off against Denver, CO’s Jerrell Nettles (4-10, 1 KO). Tickets for the live event are on sale now and can be purchased online HERE or in person at the Dort Financial Center Box Office. In addition to the heavyweights, Michigan’s top boxing talent will once again be on full display. Hailing from Grand Rapids, Mich., undefeated fan-favorite Joseph Hicks (11-0, 7 KOs) returns to action when he takes on Louisiana’s Keon Papillion (10-0-1, 7 KOs) in a welterweight showdown. In his last outing, Hicks scored a unanimous decision victory against Ronnie Austion last September. This will arguably be Hicks’ toughest test to date as Papillion enters this televised bout on the strength of a second-round stoppage victory over Rondale Hubbert last September. “I do not know much about my opponent, but I know that he is extremely durable,” said Hicks. “It is a blessing to perform in Flint once again. Flint has become a home away from home for me. Salita Promotions has put together an incredibly strong card, and it’s an honor to share the stage with the GWOAT Claressa Shields and some of the upcoming talent from Flint.” Also featured on the televised card is undefeated Joshua James Pagan (11-0, 4 KOs) of Grand Rapids, Mich., who looks to continue his dominance in the ring when he squares off against Venezuela’s Ronal Ron (16-7, 13 KOs). The 25-year-old Pagan is coming off his first fight internationally last October when he defeated the grizzled Haskell Rhodes in Puerto Rico. Coming from a rich bloodline of fighters, Leon Lawson III (16-1, 9 KOs) returns to the Dort Financial Center on the heels of an emphatic knockout victory over Argentina’s Luis Alberto Veron in September. Opposite the Flint star, Christopher Thompson (9-2, 6 KOs) of Kansas City, Mo., will be a tough out as he started his career with nine straight wins after turning pro in 2020. It will be yet another Flint fighter opening up the night of fights as rising Jaquan McElroy (2-0, 1 KO) will take on Nathan Mitchell (1-3, 1 KO) of Senatobia, Miss. Newly signed Salita Promotions prospect Canada’s Carolyne Veyre (8-1) squares off against Carmen Vargas (5-2-1) of Houston, Texas, in a highly anticipated vacant Women’s WBA Intercontinental Featherweight Title bout. A former Olympian, the reigning WBC International Featherweight Champion Veyre aims to make a statement following her dominant win over Gabriela Bouvier last December. Opening up the televised main card and recently signed to the Salita Promotions banner, the first-ever female Olympic boxer in Puerto Rico, Ashleyann Lozada, will make her professional debut against Denise Moran (3-0) of San Diego, Calif. The 2023 Pan American Games bronze medalist Lozado boasts a decorated amateur career and looks to showcase her skills in her televised debut. In a quick turnaround following an impressive unanimous decision victory last December, the undefeated Samantha Worthington (10-0, 7 KOs) fighting out Folsom., Calif., looks to claim another statement victory in the women’s super lightweight division against Lithuania’s Vaida Masiokaite (10-26-1, 1 KO).  |
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