WBC 130-pound champion Eva Wahlstrom has a new title challenger-- Ronica "Queen" Jeffrey-- who has replaced Yareli "Chocolita" Larios in the August 2nd headliner at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Roy Jones Jr. (RJJ) Boxing Promotions is offering free admission for this show, which will also be streamed on UFC Fight Pass. Fans may register online to receive their free tickets, minimum of eight per person, by going to: https://www.unlvtickets.com/eventInfo/spe/739/roy-jones-jr-boxing/. RJJ Boxing co-founder and living legend Roy Jones, Jr. will host a meet-and-great for VIP ticket holders prior to the fights.

 

Wahlstrom (22-1-1, 3 KOs), fighting out of Finland, captured her WBC title in 2015, winning a ten-round decision over Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre, followed with four successful title defenses, all by way of ten-round decisions, against Dahiana Santana (35-7), Anahi Esther Sanchez (14-0), Mayra Alejandra Gomez (18-5) and Melissa St. Vil (10-2-4). In her last bout, Wahlstrom moved up to lightweight and lost to world champion Katie Taylor.

 

Wahlstrom's fifth title defense in the ten-round main event is now against Jeffrey (17-1, 1 KO), who is from Brooklyn, New York and is 236 years old.

 

Also fighting on the show in six-round bouts are a pair of Fort Worth, Texas fighters. Middleweight John "The Phenom" Vera (18-1, 11 KOs) battles former welterweight champion Ravshan Hudaynazarov (17-1, 13 KOs), the Uzbekistan native living in Las Vegas. A year and a  half ago, Hudaynazarov was stopped at junior middleweight by Ronald Cruz (now 16-1).

 

The other Fort Worth native, featherweight Edward "Kid" Vasquez (6-0) is matched against the Dominican Republic's Yeuri "Dinamita" Andujar (4-1, 3 KOs).

 

Bantamweight Rosalinda Rodriguez (10-0, 2 KOs) faces Californian Jamie "The Miracle" Mitchell (5-0-1, 3 KOs) in a battle of unbeaten women.

 

Undefeated Colombian super bantamweight Brandon Valdes (12-0, 7 KOs) is scheduled to fight on the non-streaming undercard against an opponent to be determined.

 

The evening starts with a lightweight showdown between Californian Donald Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) against Dallas' Francisco Martinez (5-0, 3 KOs), in a six-round bout.