Champion Boxing Gym in Jonesboro, Georgia, will host a huge show on Saturday, August 23, featuring unbeaten middleweight prospect Augusto Leal Salazar (2-0, 1 KO) against seasoned journeyman Larry Smith (13-59-2, 9 KOs) in a six-round main event. The card, promoted by Yahya McClain’s Yah Film Works and Promotions and sanctioned by the Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission, marks Salazar’s first scheduled appearance over more than four rounds; Smith, a veteran of seventy-plus bouts, provides an early litmus test for the 20-year-old Texan.
Also in the сard, bantamweight hopeful Aaron Simmons (1-0, 1 KO) meets win-less Isaiah Martin (0-5) in a four-rounder, while super-middleweight newcomer Ryan Robertson debuts opposite Julius Whitsett (0-2). Welterweight action sees first-timer Jerrell Mayweather face Christopher Thomas (0-5), and another welterweight bout matches undefeated Christian Haddock (3-0, 2 KOs) with the battle-hardened Thomas Allen (4-40-1, 4 KOs).
Fight card:
▪️Augusto Leal Salazar vs. Larry Smith, 6 rounds, middleweight
▪️Aaron Simmons vs. Isaiah Martin, 4 rounds, bantamweight
▪️Ryan Robertson vs. Julius Whitsett, 4 rounds, super middleweight
▪️Jerrell Mayweather vs. Christopher Thomas, 4 rounds, welterweight
▪️Christian Haddock vs. Thomas Allen, 4 rounds, welterweight
▪️Hernando Walthall vs. TBA, 4 rounds, bantamweight
▪️Bryan Goldsby II vs. Michael Lemelle, 4 rounds, light heavyweight
▪️Amir Worthy vs. Tyrone Albert Adams, 4 rounds, super welterweight
▪️Joshua Moreno vs. TBA, 4 rounds, featherweight
▪️Anthony Reeves vs. Rueben Johnson, 4 rounds, super middleweight
