NEW YORK (March 4, 2022) – Split-T Management fighters will be on display this weekend as five fighters will look for big wins.
Tonight In Fresno, California, Javier Martinez takes on Donte Stubbs in a six-round middleweight bout.
Martinez, 26 of Milwaukee is 5-0 with two knockouts. Martinez has a win over Rance Ward (4-1-1). In his bout, Martinez took a six-round unanimous decision in shutout fashion over Darryl Jones on October 15th in San Diego.
Stubbs of Riverside, California is 6-3 with two knockouts, and is coming off a loss to Kevin Ottley on September 23rd in Costa Mesa, California.
Martinez weighed 161.8 lbs while Stubbs was 163 lbs.
Also in Fresno, 6’9″ Antonio Mireles makes his third start as he takes on undefeated Brandon Hughes in a four-round heavyweight contest.
Mireles, of Mexican-American descent, initially began boxing at the Des Moines PAL at the age of 12 and started competing at 15. He was guided for his entire amateur career by a pair of two strong coaches in John Saunders and Elly Nunez.
In his relatively brief, but extremely successful run in the amateurs, Mireles compiled a record of 28-4 with 10 knockouts – culminating in winning the 2020 USA Olympic Trials in the Super Heavyweight division. He was also a 2019 National Golden Gloves Champion, a 2019 Eastern Elite Amateur Champion and a five-time Iowa Golden Gloves Champion.
As a pro, Mireles has two first-round knockout wins, with the most recent being over Jacob Williams on December 4th in Clive, Iowa.
Hughes of Gilbert, Arizona is also 2-0 with two knockouts. Both of his wins have come in Chihuahua, Mexico. He stopped Genardo Daniel Rodarte Lozano on August 27th.
Mireles weighed 259.4 lbs. Hughes was 282.4
The Martinez and Mireles fights will be streamed live on ESPN+ beginning at 7:15 PM ET
Martinez and Mireles are promoted by Top Rank.
Also tonight in Columbus, Ohio, junior welterweight Rolando Vargas will take on Jerrell Hodge in a six-round bout.
Vargas, 22 years-old of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is 6-1 with six knockouts. Vargas has knockouts over two undefeated opponents, Jessi Hackett (1-0) and Nathaniel Lee Davis (1-0). Vargas is coming off a first-round stoppage over Akeem Jackson on September 10th in Detroit.
Hodge of Streetsboro, Ohio is 2-1 and is coming off a split decision win over previously undefeated Getffred Ngayot (4-0) on November 23rd in Erie, Pennsylvania
Saturday in San Diego, Diego Pacheco (13-0, 10 KOs) takes on Genc Pllana (9-3-1, 5 KOs) in a super middleweight bout.
