Philadelphia, PA (May 16, 2017) – *This Friday night, May 19th,* *Carlos
Rosario* will take on *Josh Davis* in a scheduled eight-round lightweight
bout that will headline a terrific night at the *2300 Arena *in *South
Philadelphia.*
The show is promoted by King’s Promotions.
Rosario of Pennsauken, New Jersey, has a record of 7-1 with four knockouts,
and has won seven consecutive since dropping his pro debut.
The 26 year-old is a three-year professional, and has wins over Victor
Vasquez (4-1), Bobby Hornsby (8-1), and his last outing when he stopped
Lance Williams on March 11 in Philadelphia.
Davis, also 26, fights out of Washington, D.C., and brings in a respectable
record of 10-1 with four knockouts.
The six-year professional will be making his first start in 18 months.
Davis, who has won six straight is coming off a four round unanimous
decision over Justin Lopez on November 12, 2015.
In the six-round co-feature, it will be a battle of light
heavyweight’s as *Amir
Shabazz* (4-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will take on *Antowyan Aikens* (10-3-1,
1 KO) of Atlantic City.
Also in six-round bouts:
*Tyrone Crawley, Jr* (6-0) of Philadelphia will take on *Juan Rodriguez* (7-6,
5 KO’s) of Manasa, Virginia in a lightweight fight.
*David Gonzales* (8-2, 2 KO’s) of Philadelphia will look to get back in the
win column when he battles *Darius Ervin* (4-1) of Los Angeles, California
in a junior welterweight bout.
*Steven Ortiz* (5-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia takes on *Hector Rivera* (3-1, 2
KO’s) of San Juan, Puerto Rico in a lightweight bout.
*Anthony Burgin *(10-3, 2 KO’s) of Philadelphia will take on an opponent to
be named in a lightweight bout
*Thomas Velasquez* (8-0, 5 KO’s) of Philadelphia will battle *Brandon
Sanudo* (5-3, 2 KO’s) of Baja California, Mexico in a lightweight bout.
In four-round Bouts:
*Vincent Floyd* (2-2-1, 1 KO) of Philadelphia will square off with *Rafael
Montalvo* (3-3, 3 KO’s) of St. Clair, PA.
*Antonio Allen* (0-5) will take on *Demetrius Williams* (0-2) in a battle
of Philadelphia based junior welterweights looking for their first win.
*Lucas Dos Santos* (2-0, 2 KO’s) of Miami, Florida will battle an opponent
to be named in a welterweight bout.
Rounding out the card will be a four round junior welterweight bout
between *Titos
Gosalves* of Philadelphia (0-1) and pro debuting *Gerardo Martinez* of
Phoenixville, PA.
Tickets for this great night of boxing can be purchased at www.2300arena.com
for
$100, $75 and $50
*THE WEIGH IN WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, MAY 18 AT THE STADIUM HOLIDAY INN
AT 5:30 PM*