Exercise issues to Jordan Panthen.
The unbeaten Panthen will face Victor Toney tonight inside The Hangar on the OC Truthful and Occasions Middle in Costa Mesa, California. The eight-round bout will headline a Battle Membership OC card that can stream stay on TrillerTV+ (10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT).
At Wednesday’s weigh-in, Pantheon weighed in at 155.6 kilos. Toney got here in at 153.2 kilos.
Panthen (8-0, 7 knockouts), who’s initially from Poughkeepsie, New York and now resides in Honolulu, Hawaii, has already fought a handful of his fights in Costa Mesa. In his final combat on April 4, Panthen scored the most effective win of his profession, to date, knocking out former prospect Ravshan Hudaynazarov within the second spherical. In his earlier combat on February 15, Panthen knocked out Adam Diu Abdulhamid within the opening spherical.
Tonight will mark Panthen’s third combat of this 12 months. His staff, which additionally consists of supervisor Jerry Alfano, hopes for Panthen to combat six to seven occasions in 2024.
The 27-year-old fought 5 occasions in 2023. Panthen trains at Brickhouse Boxing Health club within the Los Angeles space and is educated by Southern California-based coach Julian Chua.
Panthen has not too long ago sparred typically with former WBO world junior middleweight titleholder Tim Tsyzu. Previous to skilled debut in August 2022, Panthen was a cowboy in Arizona and Colorado, even giving horse using classes on the facet.
Nicknamed ‘The Patriot,’ Panthen’s dream is to win a world title belt on the Fourth of July.
Toney (8-2-1, 6 KOs), who resides in Youngstown, Ohio, scored an upset win in his final bout on October 7, defeating once-beaten prospect Jahyae Brown by majority determination. Toney has gained his final two bouts since dropping by unanimous determination to Troy Isley in August 2022.
The 36-year-old suffered his different defeat by the hands of Sebastian Fundora in September 2017 in a conflict of then-unbeaten fighters.
Mild heavyweight Jaime Cerna (5-0-1, 3 KOs) of Rancho Cucamonga, California will sq. off in opposition to Oxnard’s Simon Aristegui (3-1, 2 KOs) in a four-round bout.
Dorian Mendez (3-0, 2 KOs) of Los Angeles will face Raymond Benavides (1-2) of San Marcos, California in a four-round junior welterweight combat.
In welterweight motion, Steven Shareef will likely be making his skilled debut in opposition to Julian Baez (1-0) of Camarillo, California in a four-round bout.
The cardboard will likely be promoted by longtime Southern California promoter Roy Englebrecht.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
