Friday, July 25, 2025 | Tropicana Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, NJ
Broadcast: DAZN
Promoter: Larry Goldberg, Boxing Insider Promotions

Boxing Insider Promotions returned to the Tropicana Showroom for a stacked summer fight night — and delivered a Fight of the Year candidate in the main event. Andy Dominguez challenged former world title challenger Byron Rojas for the vacant WBC US Silver Junior Flyweight Title in a 10-round war that had the crowd on their feet from the opening bell to the final seconds.

The victory was doubly sweet for Dominguez, who had been scheduled to fight for this same title two months earlier on Boxing Insider’s May 9 Sony Hall card — a show that was cancelled fight week after opponent Nelvis Rodriguez came in significantly over the 108-pound weight limit. With the co-main event and several undercard bouts also falling off, the remaining 14 scheduled rounds weren’t enough to deliver a quality show and the card was scrapped. Dominguez’s trainer Marvin Somodio captured the heartbreak on social media: “Fight is off but we’ll keep training. It’s boxing sometimes good, sometimes shit! And today is SHIT again.”

Two months later, Dominguez got his shot — and looked like a superstar.

MAIN EVENT — FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Andy Dominguez Velasquez (13-1, 6 KOs) def. Byron “Gallito” Rojas (29-5-3, 12 KOs)
Junior Flyweight — 10 Rounds
WBC US Silver Junior Flyweight Title
Result: Split Decision (97-93, 96-94 Dominguez; 97-93 Rojas)

The fight everyone will be talking about. Dominguez, 27, a Bronx native who trains out of Las Vegas with Mendez Boxing, put on a boxing clinic in the early rounds — too sharp, too quick, outboxing the more experienced Rojas to build an early lead. But the 35-year-old Nicaraguan, a former WBA and IBO Minimumweight World Champion, refused to go quietly. Rojas began closing the gap in the third round, using his uppercuts to force Dominguez backwards. Dominguez adjusted in the fourth, rolling out to his left after finishing his combinations to avoid return fire, but nothing he landed could slow Rojas’ relentless pressure. A cut opened on Rojas’ forehead in the fifth as Dominguez continued boxing, but Rojas never stopped throwing, finding success in the middle rounds by landing heavier right hands in between Dominguez’s quicker combinations. By the seventh, Dominguez had swelling above both eyes and was forced to exchange more than his game plan called for. With the fight razor-close heading into the championship rounds, it was Dominguez’s disciplined adherence to his box-and-move strategy that earned him the victory — he closed the fight on a strong note, winning the final rounds to pull ahead on two of three scorecards. “I thought I won the first three rounds and the last three rounds,” said Dominguez, who brought a sizable crowd from Mendez Boxing in Harlem — the gym commissioned a bus to bring members to Atlantic City for the fight. Rojas showed he remains a dangerous matchup despite having his three-fight winning streak snapped. This was the biggest win of Dominguez’s career, and the kind of fight that builds a fighter’s reputation. A 10-round toe-to-toe slugfest with sustained action in every round.

CO-FEATURE — UPSET
Alex Martin (19-8, 6 KOs) def. Daiyaan “Badshah” Butt (20-3, 10 KOs)
Junior Welterweight — 8 Rounds
Result: Unanimous Decision (79-73, 78-74, 77-75)

The upset of the night. Butt, the popular Philadelphia super lightweight and National Boxing Association America’s Junior Welterweight Champion, was a heavy favorite — a Temple University graduate who balances boxing with a career in tech. But Chicago-based journeyman Alex Martin had other plans, using his tighter technique to control the exchanges throughout the eight-round bout. Martin dictated the pace from the outside, never allowing Butt to establish rhythm. The three judges saw it clearly, handing Martin the unanimous decision and ending Butt’s four-fight winning streak.

Roney “Too Much” Hines (15-0-1, 8 KOs) def. Ed Fountain (14-10, 7 KOs)
Heavyweight — 8 Rounds
Result: Unanimous Decision (80-72, 80-72, 79-73)
In association with DiBella Entertainment

The undefeated Cleveland heavyweight prospect put on a dominant display. Standing 6-foot-6 with an 80-inch reach, Hines dictated the pace from the opening bell, utilizing a stiff jab and sharp combinations to control distance and punish Fountain both inside and outside. Hines’ clean straight left hands landed at will, producing noticeable swelling over Fountain’s right eye as early as round one. His body work and footwork kept the St. Louis southpaw off-balance throughout. A methodical, professional performance from one of the heavyweight division’s rising talents. “Hines showed that he has great potential with all the tools to become a serious contender in the heavyweight division. He is ready to take on a higher level of opposition,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment.

Bruce “AC Express 2.0” Seldon Jr. (7-0, 6 KOs) def. Alexis Soriano Taveras (3-3, 1 KO)
Heavyweight — 6 Rounds (scheduled)
Result: KO Round 1 (0:46)

The son of former WBA Heavyweight World Champion Bruce Seldon Sr. needed just 46 seconds. Seldon’s co-managers Jim Kurtz and David Dubinsky and trainer Julio Sanchez Jr. had scheduled this as his first six-round bout, hoping to test his durability. Seldon had other ideas. He backed Taveras, a 6-foot-7 Dominican, into the ropes in the opening seconds and unleashed a flurry capped by a devastating left to the solar plexus that put Taveras down and out. “I came in here ready for a six-round fight,” Seldon said. “I had a whole game plan, to pace myself a little bit more. But I personally like to let my opponents feel my power in the beginning and see how they take it.” The Smithville (Galloway Township) native fights out of the Pleasantville Rec Center and was making his fourth appearance at the Tropicana.

Julio Sanchez III (2-1, 1 KO) def. Alexander Stone (1-6-1, 1 KO)
Lightweight — 4 Rounds
Result: TKO Round 3 (3:00)

The Pleasantville hometown fighter returned to the Tropicana Showroom after his pro debut victory on the March card and delivered an impressive stoppage. Sanchez was dominant from the start, battering Stone and opening a cut around the Jackson, Tennessee veteran’s right eye in the third round. The fight was waved off at the end of the round. Sanchez, trained by his father Julio Sanchez Jr. at the Pleasantville Rec Center, is a former basketball standout at Pleasantville High School who found his way to boxing after the 2020 murder of his best friend, Byron Jones. The 22-year-old has become one of the local fighters the Atlantic City crowd gets most excited to see. Referee: David Franciosi.

Boxing Insider 17 delivered a Fight of the Year candidate in Dominguez vs. Rojas and a major upset in the co-feature. This was Boxing Insider Promotions’ fifth show at the Tropicana Atlantic City and the card made good on the heartbreak of the cancelled May 9 Sony Hall show. For more results and upcoming events, visit Boxing Insider Promotions.