Fireworks expected from local boxers at final Wray & Nephew Fight Night for 2025

When the Jamaica Boxing Association sanctioned Wray & Nephew Fight Night begins tonight at the Constant Spring Football Field, 16 amateurs and six pro boxers, including two Dominican Republic pros, will get ready to enter the ring at the final showdown for the year with expectations of fireworks from the local boxers.

The local boxers come from gyms and organisations from all across the island and represent several weight classes. The gyms include Stanley Couch, G C Foster College, YMCA, Suga Olympic, Hitbox, Fit Like A Fighter and the Montego Bay Gym.

Debutant Malik Grant of G C Foster and Javon Lundy of YMCA will open the action in a lightweight match-up for three rounds of two minutes each. Joevar Hunt, the second of two G C Foster boxers will take on Lesburn Harvey of the Montego Bay Gym.

Giancarlo Dujon (YMCA), son of former Jamaica and West Indies cricket great Jeff Dujon who won his debut bout earlier this year at the Cling Cling Oval, will try for a repeat win against another debutant Nakia Palmer of Hitbox in a highly anticipated lightweight face-off.

Another YMCA boxer, debutant Aaron Nelson, will try to dispose of Sameer Mirage of Hitbox also a debutant in the middleweight division.

Suga Olympic will showcase well-known amateur boxer Sanji Williams in a welterweight match-up against Kimarley Samuels of Hitbox. Another Suga vs Hitbox bout will feature Ryan Pusey against Carlos Dwayer (debutant) for a lightweight rumble in the ring.

Mark Cunningham of Montego Bay Gym and Ajani Williams of Fit Like A Fighter will enter the ring for top honours in the light-heavyweight division.

The final amateur bout will be between Jaheem Morrison of Fit like A Fighter and Kevon McKenzie of LOCF in the light-middleweight division.

The amateur bouts will give way to three professional bouts. First up will be two pro debutants who have represented Jamaica several times locally and internationally with distinction. They are Daniel Hylton of Hitbox and Demar Haslam of national gym Stanley Couch in the lightweight division. They met several times as amateurs, with Hylton having the better record. At 25, Hylton is seven years younger than the 32-year old Haslam.

The unbeaten Juzier ‘Iron Man’ Heron of Sanchez Promotions has promised to demolish Jonaury Moreta of the Dominican Republic whose ring record shows two losses and no wins. At 21 years, he is five years younger than 26-year-old Heron and has four wins and one draw. They will enter the ring as super-welterweight boxers.

Jermaine Bowen of I-Fight Promotions will close the show against Elvis De La Rosa of the Dominican Republic in a light-heavyweight bout. Bowen will enter the ring on a positive note having won his last bout in September. He will, however, be taking on a more-experienced boxer in De La Rosa whose record shows 16 wins with 14 knock-outs, but a whopping 18 losses. Bowen has five wins and three losses. At 33 he is three years younger than De La Rosa.

Bowen has encouraged the fans to come out for an action-packed fight.

“Mi ago make him experience Melissa because he wasn’t here. So come December the 13, just destruction and fireworks.”

The Fight Night is being used as a benefit for the western-based boxers who were devastated by Hurricane Melissa and the YMCA in Savanna-la-Mar.

Patrons have been asked bring a tin of food or $500 and for the VIP section to contribute $5,000.