Vertex Promotions will present the first professional Massachusetts boxing event in 1 ½ years on Saturday, July 31st at Moseley’s On The Charles, the first pro boxing show ever held in the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. Junior welterweight RayJay “The Destroyer” Bermudez (12-0, 9 KOs) will headline against Bergman “The Snake” Aguillar (15-8-1, 5 KOs) in an eight-round main event. The 23 year-old Bermudez, fighting out of Albany, NY, is trained by his uncle, Hector Bermudez, who has worked with former champions TJ Doheny and Javier Fortuna. Decorated amateur James “The Slim Reaper” Perella (7-0, 5 KOs), will put his undefeated pro record on the line in the six-round, co-feature versus Indiana welterweight Rakim Johnson (6-12-1, 5 KOs). Fighting out of Mansfield, Massachusetts, Perella is a four-time USA New England Championships and four-time New England Golden Gloves Champion.
Another New England Golden Gloves champion, middleweight Francis “Frank The Tank” Hogan (6-0, 6 KOs), will square off against the toughest opponent of his young career, Isiah Hart (6-1-1, 4 KOs), in a six rounder. Hogan is the reigning New Hampshire silver welterweight champion.
“Vertex Promotions is honored to put on the first live boxing event In Massachusetts since Covid-19,” Vertex Promotions president Dave Clark said. “We are even more excited about the action-packed fight card we were able to put together for our first event.”
Fighting on the undercard, all in four-round bouts, are Dorchester (MA) featherweight Troy Anderson, Jr. (1-0, 1 KO) vs. TBA, Weymouth (MA) welterweight Eric “Gladiator” Goff (2-0, 2 KOs), vs. Austin Reed Ward (0-6), Boston lightweight Jonathan de Pina (4-1, 3 KOs) vs. Mike Fowler (7-37, 2 KOs), Boston welterweight James Murrin vs. Concord’s (NH) Maycon Oller in a battle of pro-debuting welterweights, Worcester’s (MA) pro debut junior lightweight Alex Rivera vs. Hawaiian Richard “Hit To Hard” Bernard (1-3-1), and Dorchester cruiserweight Bernard Joseph (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Francisco Neto (1-13-1, 1 KO), of Woburn (MA) by way of Brazil.
Championship final matches of the New England Silver Gloves Tournament will precede the evening’s pro card, during the July 31st afternoon, between 2-5 p.m. ET.
