MVP today announced that 18 year-old boxer/actor Javon “Wanna” Walton (1-0-1, 1 KO) will face Erik Hanley (1-1, 1 KO) over four rounds at super featherweight on Friday, September 6th at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida. The show will be available as part of the DAZN subscription package. The main event will be a ten-round junior welterweight showdown between Boxlab Promotions’ Kevin Brown (5-0, 3 KOs) and seasoned Puerto Rican John Bauza (18-1, 8 KOs). Joining the main card will be 26-year-old Dominican Hendri “La Bazuca” Cedeno (13-0, 10 KOs) vs. Enriko “Gudan” Gogokhia (13-1-2, 8 KOs) in an junior welterweight contest.
Walton signed with MVP in July 2023 and fought to a split draw in March 2024. As the youngest-ever athlete to sign with Nike’s Jordan Brand, Walton has continued to excel as a boxer. Walton began boxing at the age of four, and at age eight became one of America’s youngest amateur prospects. His skill and hard work earned him the title of multi-time Junior Regional Champion and two-time Junior Olympic national silver medalist. The Atlanta native is also an actor who captured international attention with his debut role as the beloved drug dealer “Ashtray” in the HBO Max Emmy-winning series Euphoria starring alongside Hollywood icons Zendaya and Sydney Sweeney, and has since continued to co-star in numerous other film and TV titles. He trains under his father and coach, DJ Walton.
Hanley, a fierce competitor, comes to the ring from Rancho Cordova, California by way of Oceanside, New York, ready to challenge Walton’s rise to professional stardom. Hanley most recently secured a KO victory in the ring in February 2024.
Cedeno, from La Romana, Dominican Republic, turned professional in May 2021, collecting 13 wins in just under three years before joining Team Combat League’s Philly Smoke in April 2024.
The seasoned Gogokhia, a Georgian-born Ukrainian, began his career in kickboxing in Europe before moving to the United States and taking up boxing in 2016. He fights out of Woodland Hills, California and will look to end Cedeno’s undefeated run at Most Valuable Prospects 8.
Also on the main card will be the 26-year-old rising Cuban Yoelvis “La Joya” Gomez (7-1, 6 KOs), who will compete in an eight-round middleweight fight against a to-be-announced opponent. Gomez comes to the ring from Las Vegas by way of Havana following a strong start to his professional career since his professional debut in 2019.
On the preliminary card, Calgary's Bree “Bam Bam” Howling (7-0, 2 KOs) will face Hungary’s Beata Dudek (4-3, 4 KOs) in an eight-round bantamweight bout. Age 26, Howling is promoted by Boxlab Promotions and Kings Promotions and now aims to continue her undefeated streak on Friday, September 6th. She will take on Beata Dudek, the 31-year-old from Miskolc, Hungary by way of Nové Zámky, Slovakia. Dudek steps into the ring ready to leverage her taller 5’7” stature and knockout power against the smaller 5’4” Howling.
In a six-round lightweight bout on the preliminary card, 24-year-old Harley “Dennis the Menace” Mederos (6-0, 5 KOs) will take on Russia’s Nikolai Buzolin (9-9-1, 5 KOs). The young talent Mederos comes to the ring from Brooklyn, NY ready to prove he has what it takes to become a title contender. Buzolin, coming to the ring from Brooklyn, NY by way of Tyumen, Russia, will aim to ruin Mederos’s undefeated streak, leveraging his additional professional experience against the younger Mederos.
Returning to the Most Valuable Prospects series will be local talent Antraveous Ingram (7-0, 2 KOs), who will take on Cruse “Hitman” Stewart (8-3, 6 KOs) over six rounds at junior middleweight. Ingram, the 25-year-old from Kissimmee, Florida, most recently took home a unanimous decision victory over Luis Solis on Most Valuable Prospects 6 in May 2024. His opponent, Stewart, comes to the ring from Maple Grove, Minnesota by way of Rock Island, Illinois.
