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April 5: Unbeaten Standouts Albert Gonzalez and Steven Navarro Added to Richard Torrez Jr.-Guido Vianello Card at Palms Casino Resort LIVE on ESPN+

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Rising prospects Jahi Tucker, Art Barrera Jr., and DJ Zamora are also scheduled to appear on the bill

LAS VEGAS (March 11, 2025) — Featherweight phenom Albert “Chop Chop” Gonzalez and emerging junior bantamweight Steven “Kid Dynamite” Navarro will be featured in separate eight-round undercard bouts on Saturday, April 5, at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Gonzalez faces the durable Dana Coolwell, while Navarro steps up against Mexican veteran Juan Esteban Garcia.

Gonzalez-Coolwell and Navarro-Garcia join a loaded card headlined by the 10-round heavyweight showdown between Richard Torrez Jr. and Guido Vianello, the Lindolfo Delgado-Elvis Rodriguez junior welterweight battle, and unbeaten lightweight phenom Abdullah Mason against Giovanni Cabrera.

Promoted by Top Rank, the entire card will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+. Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.com.

Gonzalez (12-0, 7 KOs) is the latest mega-talent from the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy. He scored five victories last year, beginning his campaign in April with a first-round stoppage of Joel Alberto Mora. Gonzalez then had three fights in three months, securing dominant TKO victories in each of those bouts. Last December, Gonzalez tallied a shutout eight-round decision over Gerardo Antonio Perez in Phoenix. Coolwell (13-3, 8 KOs) is a six-year pro coming off a decision defeat to Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington last November on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson card.

Navarro (5-0, 4 KOs) has been a professional for less than a year but will soon approach contender status at 115 pounds. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials finalist is riding a three-fight knockout streak, including last December’s second-round stoppage of Gabriel Bernardi. A southpaw boxer-puncher, the Garcia fight marks Navarro’s first scheduled eight-rounder. Garcia (14-1-2, 11 KOs) has won three consecutive fights and will make his American debut.

In other undercard action:
Rising middleweight Jahi Tucker (13-1-1, 6 KOs) looks for his fourth consecutive victory when he takes on former British junior middleweight champion Troy Williamson (20-3-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-rounder. Williamson aims to halt a two-fight losing skid, while Tucker knocked out Quilisto Madera in eight rounds last November.

Robert Garcia-trained welterweight prospect Art Barrera Jr. (7-0, 5 KOs) makes his 2025 debut in a six-rounder against an opponent to be named.

Las Vegas native DJ Zamora (15-0, 10 KOs) returns home to face Hugo Castañeda (15-1-1, 11 KOs) in an eight-round junior lightweight fight. Zamora is coming off a blistering second-round stoppage of Roman Ruben Reynoso last December.

Los Angeles native and former U.S. amateur standout Sammy Contreras Jr. makes his professional debut in a four-round junior welterweight bout against an opponent to be named. Contreras advanced to the finals of the 2022 USA National Championships.




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