George Arias W8 Joe Jones... On Friday night at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey, heavyweight George Arias (20-1-1, 7 KOs) of the Bronx opened the show with a unanimous decision over Joe Jones (16-16-2, 10 KOs) of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Justin Figueroa TKO4 Luis Caraballo Ramos... In the main event of the Boxing Insider Promotions card, Justin "Mr. Atlantic City" Figueroa settled his rematch with Luis Caraballo Ramos by fourth-round stoppage. The middleweight Figueroa (15-0, 12 KOs) controlled the fight behind his jab. Caraballo Ramos (8-11-1, 8 KOs) of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, stayed aggressive, but a body shot put him down early in the fourth. He was dropped twice more before the referee stopped it. Their March meeting in the same ring ended in a no contest. "I'd like to take this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody," Figueroa said afterward.
UNDERCARD RESULTS
At junior lightweight, Iman Lee (16-0-1, 9 KOs) of Yonkers, New York, scored two knockdowns in one round on the way to a sixth-round stoppage of Aguero Arias (20-7, 17 KOs) of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, in his Atlantic City debut.
John Leonardo stopped Kevin Nunez in round three of a super bantamweight bout scheduled 8 rounds. Leonardo (14-1-1, 7 KOs) of Manalapan Township pressured Nunez (6-5, 3 KOs) of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, from the opening bell and dropped him twice in the third before the stoppage.
Lightweight Salvatore Di Stefano (5-2, 2 KOs) of Palermo, Sicily, won a six-round majority decision over Koby Khalil Williams (8-2, 6 KOs) of Brooklyn in the upset of the night.
Junior welterweight Julio Sanchez III Sanchez (6-1, 4 KOs) of Pleasantville stopped Skyler Bray (3-4-1, 3 KOs) of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, in his first scheduled six-round fight.
Welterweight JJ Alvarez (12-3-1, 2 KOs), fighting out of New York by way of Madrid, won a one-sided decision over Larry Fryers (13-9-1, 5 KOs) of Albany, New York.
"We had a great night of boxing, maybe one of our best shows," said promoter Larry Goldberg. "Seven fights, four stoppages, an upset, a packed room and our biggest live stream yet. There are real prospects on this card, and I am excited to watch where the careers of John Leonardo and Iman Lee go from here. Atlantic City loves Justin Figueroa, and Julio Sanchez is another one of our local guys coming up. Whatever is going on with boxing at the national and international level, for one night in that room, Don Elbaum and the old school boxing I grew up on were back. We look forward to bringing a lot more of it in 2027."
The broadcast team was Josh Hennig of 97.3 ESPN Radio, elite amateur boxer Sarah Cunningham, former professional boxer Curtis Jones and matchmaker Eric Bottjer. Boxing Insider Promotions returns to New York City and Atlantic City in 2027, with multiple dates planned. Information will be announced soon.
