Friday's Hard Rock undercard revealed

Press Release

08/07/2019

Friday's Hard Rock undercard revealed

Cuba's Livan “Machine Gun Kid” Navarro’s eight-round welterweight showdown against Mexico's Diego “Demoledor” Cruz (19-7-2, 15 KOs) will serve as the co-feature on Friday, July 12th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.  Navarro is a former amateur whose pro record is 11-0 with 7 KOs. Headlining the undercard, two-time Olympic heavyweight medalist Ivan “The Kazakh Giant” Dychko (8-0, 8 KOs) will face Nate Heaven (9-2, 7 KOs) of Florida. NOTE: Heaven has not fought in more than four years and has not won any bout in more than five years. 
 
The ten-round main event has Puerto Rican welterweight Derrieck “Pretty Boy” Cuevas (21-0-1, 14 KOs) against Mexico’s Jesus Alberto “Barretero” Beltran (17-2-2, 10 KOs). The show will be broadcast on Boxeo Telemundo, at 11:35 p.m. EST. 
 
UNDERCARD
 
In an eight-round super featherweight battle, Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan’s Mussa “Warrior” Tursyngaliyev (9-0, 6 KOs) will face Panama’s Ricardo “El Matematico” Nunez (29-9, 23 KOs)...
 
In a four-round light heavyweight contest, Miami via Cuba’s popular Ulysses Diaz (10-1, 9 KOs) will look to return to the win column against Winter Park, Florida’s Mike Sawyer (8-12, 6 KOs)...
 
In a special eight-round super featherweight attraction, Miami via Cuba’s Jessy “Beast Boy” Cruz (16-7-1, 7 KOs) will look to continue his four-fight winning streak against Mexico City’s Isao Gonzalo “Kato” Carranza (15-14-1, 9 KOs)...
 
Also featured will be an eight-round super bantamweight slugfest between Miami’s Jorge De Jesus Romero (14-0, 10 KOs) and Mexico City’s Szilveszter Kanalas (14-8, 9 KO)...
 
As well as a four-round light heavyweight matchup featuring popular Fort Lauderdale warrior Blake Davis (2-0, 1 KO) and Jefferson City, Missouri’s Armando Reeves (2-3)...
 
Opening up the action will be a four-round featherweight bout between Miami’s Luis Melendez (4-1, 3 KOs) and Ponce, Puerto Rico’s Eduardo Melendez (5-26, 1 KO).