Tremendous middleweight prospect Darius Fulghum enters his sixth battle of 2023. Picture by Golden Boy Promotions
Darius Fulghum will face former contender Ronald Ellis on June 27, Golden Boy Promotions introduced Wednesday afternoon. The ten-round bout will headline a Golden Boy Combat Night time on DAZN stream (9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT) happen on the Fantasy Springs Resort On line casino in Indio, California.
“Along with his mixture of giant punching energy and savvy ring intelligence, Fulghum is shortly rising up the ranks from thrilling prospect to respectable contender,” stated Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy. “On June 27, he takes an enormous step up, headlining a Golden Boy Promotions primary occasion in opposition to Ronald Ellis, who has shared a hoop with a few of the prime canines within the tremendous middleweight division. Is Darius prepared? We completely suppose so.”
The 27-year-old Fulghum (11-0, 10 knockouts), who resides in Katy, Texas, final fought on April 20, stopping gatekeeper Cristian Olivas within the fourth spherical. The win over Olivas came about lower than three months after defeating fringe contender Alantez Fox by majority choice.
Fulghum has been very energetic over the past a number of months. Together with the Ellis battle, Fulghum has fought seven instances inside a calendar 12 months.
Ellis will likely be a major step up in opposition for Fulghum, who’s assured he could be victorious and make an announcement to the remainder of the tremendous middleweight division.
“I’m excited to be headlining my very own card,” stated Fulghum, who’s a graduate of Prairie View A&M’s School of Nursing and is represented by 3 Level Administration. “Moments like that is what I’ve sacrificed and educated so laborious for. I actually consider I’m ‘Destined for Greatness’ and, on June twenty seventh, the DFG Military goes to indicate out sturdy.”
Ellis (18-4-2, 12 KOs), who resides in Lynn, Massachusetts, was stopped by unbeaten contender Erik Bazinyan in spherical six of his final bout on October 11. In his earlier battle in December 2021, Ellis misplaced a one-sided choice to a different unbeaten contender, Christian Mbilli.
The 34-year-old additionally has a knockout loss by the hands of David Benavidez, however does have victories over Immanuwel Aleem and Matt Korobov. Regardless of the latest setbacks, Ellis believes his expertise and having fought the higher opposition will permit him to be victorious.
“I’m excited for the chance,” stated Ellis, who fought to a cut up choice draw in opposition to Junior Younan in February 2018. “I consider I’ve the expertise and the skill-set to return out on prime. I do know excellent timing seems like I’m too late, and I do know I’m nonetheless nice regardless of my errors, so be prepared for a present on June 27.”
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 could be reached at [email protected]
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