Cornejo headlines RJJ Boxing show this Saturday

By Christian Schmidt

06/08/2025

Cornejo headlines RJJ Boxing show this Saturday

This Friday night, RJJ Boxing brings a night of professional boxing action to the Legends Casino and Hotel in Toppenish, Washington.  The event will be streamed on the RJJ Boxing YouTube page.  Hall of Famer Roy Jones Jr, and Boxingtalk writer Christian Schmidt will be doing the play by play. Five bouts are set to take place. The main event will see Natasha Spence (8-8-2, 6 KOs) taking on Maricela Cornejo (19-7, 7 KOs) in a six rounder in the junior middleweight division. Cornejo has a very accomplished resume. In 2015, she fought for the vacant WBC middleweight title against Kali Reis and lost the bout by split decision. She has also fought Claressa Shields and Franchon Crews-Dezurn (twice). The chief support features Roy Jones Jr. trainee Andrew "White Lightning" Murphy (10-0, 7 Kos)taking on Jeremiah Sierra (4-2, 1 Ko) in a eight rounder in the super middleweight division.  Undefeated fighters Jason Young and Josh Juarez also set to be in action.  Tickets are available at the door and also on Ticketmaster.com.