Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Tsonte Rogava resides as much as the phrase of ‘exercise issues.’
Rogava will face journeyman Terrell Woods tonight on the Soboba On line casino in San Jacinto, California. The eight-round bout will headline a five-bout Toro Promotions card.
Tonight will mark Rogava’s fifth struggle of 2024.
The 31-year-old Rogava (7-0, 7 knockouts), a Ukraine nationwide who at the moment resides within the Los Angeles suburb of Marina del Rey, final fought on April 12, scoring a knockout win over gatekeeper Jesse Bryan at 36 seconds of the opening spherical in Superior, Colorado.
In his earlier struggle on March 23, which passed off in Ontario, California, Rogava knocked out Antonio Brown within the opening spherical.
None of Rogava’s victories this 12 months have gone previous the opening spherical.
Jonathan Walley, who co-trains Rogava with Joe Goossen, is happy with Rogava’s progress and improved skill-set.
“His punch choice has gotten quite a bit higher,” Walley informed The Ring final month. “His timing has gotten quite a bit higher. He’s hitting quite a bit tougher. He listens so it makes it simple for him to get the job carried out. He is aware of learn how to struggle. It’s only a matter of getting the fitting issues to him and educating him learn how to struggle higher.
“Growing instruments and displaying him learn how to use these instruments (are) issues to work on. Giving him these instruments so he may make the most of these instruments so he may get higher.”
Walley is glad to see Rogava wish to struggle as a lot as potential.
“Tsonte likes combating usually,” mentioned Walley. “He needs to struggle usually. He understands that exercise is what develops a fighter. That’s why Tsonte needs to stay energetic. Personally, from a coach perspective, inactivity is the detriment of fighters. There’s no worth in not being energetic.”
Whit Haydon, a Southern California-based matchmaker, has been impressed with Rogava’s punching energy and enhancing skill-set and believes he is usually a pressure to be reckoned with within the heavyweight division.
“(Tsonte) has been working via all people like a scorching knife via butter up to now whereas combating month-to-month for Toro Promotions right here in america,” Haydon informed The Ring Tuesday night time. “Terrell Jamal Woods represents a man who embodies one of many least appreciated species in all of boxing – the skilled journeyman.
“Solely being stopped twice in simply (his) final 72 outings and with 455 professional boxing rounds, I anticipate Woods will present much-needed rounds and high quality work for Rogava.”
Rogava has not too long ago sparred with the likes of former WBC world gentle heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk, who will face unbeaten David Benavidez on June 15.
Woods (29-59-10, 21 KOs), who resides in Forrest Metropolis, Arkansas, misplaced by resolution to unbeaten Gustavo Trujillo in his final bout on March 1. Woods has misplaced his final 4 bouts since a cut up resolution draw to then-unbeaten Moses Johnson on January 20 of final 12 months.
The 34-year-old knocked out then-unbeaten Istvan Bernath in December 2022. Woods’ different notable bouts have been a split-decision draw to then-contender Alexander Ustinov in March 2021, together with resolution losses to Michael Hunter and Rydell Booker in April 2018, each fights going down inside eight days of one another. Woods was stopped by Zhilei Zhang in June 2016.
Rogava is promoted by Toro Promotions, which relies in Southern California.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined 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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