Austin Brooks has discovered a promoter to information his professional profession.
Brooks, an unbeaten junior light-weight prospect, has signed a take care of Toro Promotions, it was introduced Thursday afternoon. Toro Promotions additionally introduced Brooks will return to motion on June 15, squaring off in opposition to once-beaten Aram Avagyan on the Emerald Queen On line casino in Tacoma, Washington.
The ten-round bout will headline a EQC Struggle Night time card.
“Each Toro Promotions and Sheer Sports activities Administration see Austin Brooks because the embodiment of the American Dream,” stated Azat Torosyan, President of Toro Promotions. “We’re in settlement that he has been missed and is able to undertaking super issues within the sport and we’ll cease at nothing to assist him in his quest.”
Brooks (12-0, 5 knockouts), who’s initially from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and now resides within the San Diego, California suburb of La Mesa, final fought on February 10, knockout out Cuban-born Jose Manuel Izaguirre within the seventh spherical. The battle was a conflict of unbeaten junior light-weight prospects.
In his earlier battle on August 26, which additionally came about on the Emerald Queen On line casino, the southpaw Brooks stopped Anthony Chavez within the sixth spherical.
The 28-year-old expects a troublesome problem from Avagyan, however will depend on his skill-set and psychological toughness from a troublesome upbringing to return out victorious.
“(Avagyan) will likely be my greatest opponent to date,” stated Brooks. “He’s powerful and skilled. I deal with each battle similar to my subsequent battle and deal with all my opponents the identical. Proper now, I’m targeted one hundred pc on doing what I ought to to be nice.
“I used to be raised by a single mother or father, and she or he did her greatest, however we had lots of ups and downs. It made me more durable, shifting from college to highschool. I had my share of fights. I lived out of my automotive and in foster properties, however I wouldn’t change something. Wanting again, it made me who I’m, and the love of this sport pulled me by as a result of I felt it may assist me be someone.”
Brooks is skilled by Basheer Abdullah.
Avagyan (11-1-2, 5 KOs), who’s initially from Yerevan, Armenia and now resides in Burbank, California, suffered his first defeat as a professional in July 2021, shedding by unanimous determination to Martino Jules. Avagyan wouldn’t battle once more till April 12, stopping journeyman Juan Santiago after the third spherical.
The 33-year-old confronted 4 unbeaten fighters (Evgeny Smirnov, Francisco Esparza, Dagoberto Aguero and Jose Nuñez) in a row between 2018 and January 2021, accumulating a 2-0-2 file.
Within the co-feature of the Toro Promotions card, heavyweight prospect Tsonte Rogava (8-0, 7 KOs), a Ukraine nationwide who now resides in Marina Del Rey, California, will face Seattle’s Joe Bolden (10-13-1, 7 KOs) in an eight-round bout.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
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