Freudis Rojas steps in to face Kevin Anton in battle of towering junior-middleweight southpaws, live on ProBoxTV, October 16th in Phoenix, Arizona. With an injury in training sidelining original foe Yan Marcos, 6' 3" southpaw Anton (14-0 with 12 KOs), a Guatemalan-American from Palmdale, California, will now face 6' 2" southpaw Rojas (15-1 with 11 KOs), of Houston via Las Vegas. The show will also feature Justin Pauldo (20-2, 10 KOs), facing Rene Tellez Giron (23-5, 14 KOs), in a ten-round lightweight contest.  Tickets to attend live at the Rawhide Western Town & Event Center are on sale now and available through thundertix.com.

 

A 2017 World Championships bronze medalist and 2021 Olympic alternate as an amateur, Rojas, age 28, turned professional in 2021 and stopped his first eleven professional opponents. Rojas has since gone the distance in his last five, going 4-1. Against Anton, Rojas will be looking to get back into the win column after losing his last fight, a DAZN-televised ten-round unanimous decision to spoiler Damian Sosa in April of this year. Fighting for just the second time in two years, and the first time in over a year, an increasingly fatigued Rojas had no answers for Sosa’s relentless pressure and was knocked down in round six.

 

A rangy, long-armed boxer with good footwork and an excellent jab, Rojas is co-trained by his father, Freudis Rojas Sr., and Kay Koroma at the O to 100 Boxing Club in Houston. A barber when not throwing leather in the ring, Anton’s family has roots in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Proud of his heritage, the 28-year-old southpaw frequently walks to the ring for his fights waving the Guatemalan flag and calls himself "Americo-Chapin". 

 

In 2026, the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala officially honored him with the Condecoración Soberano Congreso Nacional for representing the country with distinction. Reminiscent of WBC 154-pound champion Sebastian Fundora with his 6' 3" stature and destructive, long-armed punching, Anton will be making his fourth consecutive appearance on ProBoxTV and fighting in his first main event against Rojas. Anton was last seen handily defeating capable veteran Vladimir Hernandez by near-shutout scores in July.

 

ProBoxTV will be announcing more October 16th matchups shortly.