Delossantos primed for main event showdown with hard-hitting Vargas at Rhode Wars 2
WARWICK, RI (March 25) – Listed below are official weights for the participants in Rhode Wars 2, promoted by CES Boxing and scheduled for Saturday, March 26 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Headlining Rhode Wars 2 is unbeaten featherweight Ricky Delossantos (10-0, 2 KOs) of Pawtucket, RI, in a six-round bout against power-punching Columbian veteran Yeison Vargas(18-9, 13 KOs) while super lightweight Wilson Mascarenhas (5-1, 2 KOs) stars in the co-main event in a six-round bout against undefeated Mexican challenger Abraham Perez (3-0, 2 KOs).
March 26 also features the Jimmy Burchfield Classic Invitational VI, an all-ages, separate-admission amateur boxing event beginning at 2 pm. Rhode Wars 2 follows immediately at 7 pm. Tickets for both events are available online at CESFights.com.
Ricky Delossantos
Pawtucket, RI
10-0, 2 KOs
125
vs
Yeison Vargas
Cartagena, Colombia
18-9, 13 KOs
125
Wilson Mascarenhas
New Bedford, MA
5-1, 2 KOs
142
vs
Abraham Perez
Cancun, Mexico
3-0, 2 KOs
140
Alejandro Paulino
New London, CT
8-0, 8 KOs
135
vs
Andrew Rodgers
Elkhart, IN
6-9-2, 2 KOs
137
Timothy Hatfield
Providence, RI
3-0, 3 KOs
237
vs
Quintin Sumpter
Pittsfield, MA
2-0, 2 KOs
222
Nicola Quarneti
Rimini, Italy
5-2-1
153
vs
Keenan Raymond
Providence, RI
1-1
155
INFORMATION
CES Boxing is one of the top promotions in the northeast and one of the few to successfully promote both mixed martial arts and professional boxing. Launched in 1992 by longtime boxing judge Jimmy Burchfield Sr., the promotion is the only in professional boxing to boast two reigning WBC Youth world champions in lightweight Jamaine Ortiz and featherweight Irvin Gonzalez. CES Boxing recently teamed with UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s No. 1 streaming platform for combat sports, to showcase its events to a worldwide audience, and worked as a promotional consultant for the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. pay-per-view event in November of 2020.
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