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FISTS OF FURY 8
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE/OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN NOON TOMORROW (SATURDAY OCT 11) AT SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO HOLLYWOOD
*All Times Are Eastern*
Members of the media are cordially invited to attend TOMORROW's (Saturday, October 11, 2025) official weigh-in and press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET for Sunday afternoon's "Fists of Fury 8" professional boxing event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
Please find all the particulars below:
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE/OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2025
12:00 p.m.
Location: Salon East
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL
Media Arrival: 11:00 a.m.
*All fighters and promoters will be available for interviews.
FIGHT NIGHT
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025
4:00 p.m.
Location: Hard Rock Live
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL
3:30 p.m.
DOORS OPEN AT HARD ROCK LIVE
4:00 p.m.
FIRST FIGHT BEGINS
MEDIA CREDENTIALS: Media credentials will be available from will call, outside the main entrance to Hard Rock Live, starting at 3:30 p.m. Credentialed media will receive their pass and then be escorted into the venue by a member of the promotional staff. If you have not yet applied for a media credential, please click HERE to apply as soon as possible. Thank you.
FIGHT INFORMATION: On Sunday, October 12, Kris Lawrence’s The Heavyweight Factory will present the eighth installment of the “Fists of Fury” boxing series at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, FL, featuring former Cuban amateur star and red-hot middleweight prospect Yoenli “Yoyo El Diablo” Hernandez (8-0, 7 KOs) facing Mexican spoiler Carlos Mohamed Rodriguez (16-14-1, 7 KOs) of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico in the 10-round main event.
And in the night’s 10–round lightweight co-feature power-punching WBA #4- and WBC #13-ranked lightweight Armando Martinez Rabi (16-0, 15 KOs) will take on tough Mexican veteran Willmank Canonico Brito (13-8-2, 11 KOs).
In another heavyweight special attraction, Gustavo “The Cuban Assassin” Trujillo (8-0, 7 KOs) of Miami via Morón, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, will face the more experienced Juan Camilo Novoa (35-13-1, 32 KOs) of Coral Gables, Florida, for the WBO Latino Heavyweight Championship.
In a significant eight-round heavyweight battle, 20-year-old promising local heavyweight prospect Lorenzo “Giant Killer” Medina (13-0, 11 KOS) of Hollywood, Florida, will take on once-beaten Jardae Anderson (9-1, 7 KOS) of Davenport, Iowa.
Also scheduled for eight-round bouts are undefeated super lightweight Raynel Mederos (8-0, 2 KOs) of Santa Clara, Cuba, facing Isidro Curiel (11-5-1, 6 KOs) of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico; plus super lightweight Aaron Aponte (12-3-1, 3 KOs) of Hialeah, Florida, doing battle against Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico’s Luis May (22-21-1, 8 KOs); and undefeated super featherweight Neslan “Pitbull” Machado (20-0, 9 KOs) of Miami, via Cuba, going against California-based veteran Diuhl Olguin (17-46-7, 10 KOs).
In scheduled four-round supporting bouts, undefeated female super flyweight Evelyn Romo (2-0) of Jupiter, Florida, will face Cocoa Beach, Florida, Shawna Ormsby (0-4-1); super welterweight Andrew Garcia (1-0, 1 KO) of Sunrise, Florida, will look for his second career victory against pro debuting Dominicque McBride of Dallas; undefeated lightweight Miguel Rosario Paredes (3-0, 2 KOs) of Miami, will take on Kadhim Alkhazaali (0-2) of Woburn, Massachusetts; and Orlando middleweight Carlos Velez will make his pro debut against Brandon Trollinger (0-1) of North Charleston, South Carolina.
Rounding out the action will be a light heavyweight four-rounder, featuring Elliot Sven Taylor (1-0) of Sunrise, Florida, taking on pro debuting Joaquin Lagree of West Palm Beach.
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