Welterweights Ricardo Salas and Kent Cruz take center stage in Philadelphia on Saturday night.  They headline a ProBox TV bill at the 2300 Arena in The City of Brotherly Love. Cruz, a decorated amateur, boasts a record of 17 victories against just one defeat with three draws. Eleven of his opponents have not been around to hear the final bell. But Salas, 20-2-2 (15 KOs), and known as “The Magic Man,” is on the cusp of a big fight. In his last contest, he took out Roiman Villa in three rounds on the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga undercard. An injury to welterweight contender Nicklaus Flaz means his fight with Gabriel Maestre is now off the show. 

 

There is also a junior welterweight bout between Connecticut's Mykquan Williams, 22-0-2 (11 KOs), and 30-7-1 (21 KOs) Antonio Moran of Mexico.  Williams is working his way up the ladder toward a fight with champion Teofimo Lopez. Williams had three solid wins in 2024, including a stoppage victory over then-17-0 Luis Feliciano on ProBox TV last January. Moran has been in deep in losses to Arnold Barboza, Jamaine Ortiz, and Andy Cruz. 

 

Orlando-based southpaw junior lightweight Geo Lopez, 17-0 (10 KOs), bagged three wins in 2024, and he is up against experienced Nicaraguan Rene Alvarado, who has gone the distance with the likes of William Zepeda and Lamont Roach. Alvarado is 34-15 (22 KOs). 

 

At light heavyweight, there is an eight-rounder between Cleveland’s 10-0-1 (8 KOs) Dante Benjamin and Texas-based Mexican Rodolfo Gomez Jnr, who is 14-8-3 (10 KOs).