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Avious Griffin For WBC Title Headlines Club Boxings return to NYC Thursday Night in Times Square.
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 18 Feb 2025
This Thursday Night Boxing Insider, New York City’s only club boxing show returns to Sony Hall with action-packed fights featuring some of the area’s best prospects that will stream world wide on DAZN. Tickets on sale now! Come Support NYC Boxing.
Tickets: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/boxing-insider-fight-night-sony-hall-tickets/14187393
The 10-round, main event pits one of boxing’s best kept secrets welterweight Avious Griffin (16-0, 15 KOs), versus Jose Luis “Guerro” Sanchez (14-4, 4 KOs) for the vacant WBC USA Welterweight title. Griffin has stopped all but one of his 16 opponents to date and he’s riding a 9-fight KO streak into the ring to take on Sanchez.
A 10-round Special Heavyweight Attraction showcases Dominican Republic-native “Gentleman” George Arias (18-1-1, 7 KOs), fighting out of The Bronx, against Helaman Olguin.
Two Brooklyn lightweight prospects are also fighting on the Feb. 20th show at Sony Hall in three separate four-round bouts:
Koby Khalil Williams (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. Nicholas Isaac (5-0 4Kos)
Jason Castanon (1-1, 1 KO) vs. Stephen Barbee
“New York City is experiencing a boxing resurgence with a string of some of the biggest events in the sport,” promoter Larry Goldberg said. “Avious Griffen stole the show the last 2 times he was featured on Boxing Insider events and this time he's fighting his toughest opponent yet in a WBC US Title fight. We have a strong Heavyweight fight plus I'm very excited to feature 4-0 Koby Williams vs 5-0 Nicholas Isaac”
Date: Thursday February 20th 6:30 doors 7:30 start time.
Venue: Sony Hall 235 w. 46th st, Times Square, New York
Streaming: DAZN at 7:30 EST
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