Xander Zayas impressively handled an opponent Friday night who had only lost once before he encountered the highly touted prospect. Jose Luiz Sanchez occasionally exploited Zayas’ defensive flaws, but the hard-hitting, unbeaten Puerto Rican fighter m...
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Valdez, Conceicao Weights Photos Gallery - Oscar Valdez (29-0, 23 KO), making the first defense of his WBC Junior Lightweight title, faces 2016 Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceicao (16-0, 8 KO), tomorrow night live from the Casino Del Sol in Tucson...
Given the amount of controversy in the pre-fight buildup, Oscar Valdez and Robson Conceicao at least spared the sport of any drama at the scale. Both boxers made weight ahead of their WBC junior lightweight title fight, which takes place Friday eveni...
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Puerto Rico’s next superstar hopes to break through with a statement-making performance under the desert sun. Xander Zayas, the 19-year-old puncher from San Juan, will step up in class when he meets Jose Luis Sanchez in a six-round junior middleweigh...
By Thomas Gerbasi - On Sunday, September 5, Xander Zayas turns 19 years old. It feels like several years since he turned 18, and with a laugh, he agrees. “Tell me about it,” said the affable Puerto Rican prospect, who makes his fourth start of the ye...
Oscar Valdez is set to head home. The unbeaten two-division and reigning WBC junior lightweight titlist will next face 2016 Olympic Gold medalist and current 130-pound contender Robson Conceicao. The bout will top an ESPN+ telecast to take place Sept...
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Xander Xayas Video Interview - (video by Ryan Burton) - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas - Women's world champion Claressa Shields was ringside for the WBO's interim-super featherweight title, Shakur Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs) dominated Jeremiah Nakathila (21-2...
VIRGIN HOTELS LAS VEGAS – Troy “Transformer” Isley (2-0) was barely touched in his second professional bout against LaQuan Evans (4-2-). The 22-year-old was in control from the opening bell with a well-placed jab and precision counter punching.
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Jeremiah Nakathila’s height advantage over Shakur Stevenson was obvious as they stood face-to-face Friday after they made weight. Namibia’s Nakathila stands approximately three inches taller than the 5-foot-7 Stevenson. He also believes he is a bigge...
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The leader of Puerto Rico’s new wave, 18-year-old welterweight Xander Zayas, is not wasting time. Zayas, who scored one-sided victories in February and April, returns Saturday, June 12 in a six-rounder against “Lethal” Larry Fryers at The Theater at...
Former two-weight world champion Jose “Sniper” Pedraza has set his aim on another title. Pedraza, from Cidra, Puerto Rico, will take on the undefeated Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez in a 10-round junior welterweight tilt Saturday, June 12 at The The...
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Xander Zayas will never forget the first time he was able to fight in his adopted home state of Florida. Nor will the 18-year-old ever let go of the feeling he enjoyed doing so with fans permitted in attendance this time around. The rising welterweig...
Xander Zayas was fighting in his adopted home state of Florida for just the third time in his career though the first time with fans in attendance. The occasion didn’t at all go to waste for the 18-year-old Puerto Rican, who scored a 1st round knocko...
You can’t always believe what you read on the internet, so when it was posted that Xander Zayas’ mom took him to the local boxing gym in San Juan at the age of five so he could learn to defend himself from bullies, I figured it must be a typo, becaus...
