On Saturday night, October 4, boxing returns to the Valley Forge Casino Resort with a big night of boxing that will be headlined by Frankie De Alba appearing in the 8-round Jr. Lightweight bout.
In the 8-round co-feature, undefeated Jr. Welterweight Naim Nelson will take on Delaware favorite Ryan Belasco.
DeAlba of Reading, PA will compete in an 8-round bout. He has won 11 consecutive fights and is unbeaten in his last 15 that has raised his record to 13-1-2 with 5knockouts.
During the streak he has defeated two undefeated fighters in Benjamin Burgos and Andrew Bentley. On November 30, he scored a thrilling 4th round stoppage over Osnel Charles. In his last bout, DeAlba scored 5th round stoppage over Pablo Batres on a body shot that took place on June 28 in Reading, PA. That win earned DeAlba the UBF All America Super Featherweight title
DeAlba’s opponent will be named shortly.
Nelson of Philadelphia is unblemished going 12-0 with 1 knockout. He has faced good competition with wins over previously undefeated Korey Sloane (1-0) as well as Esteban Rodriguez (5-1-1), Victor Vasquez (15-6-1) to win the Pennsylvania State Lightweight title and in his last bout, the 24 year-old Nelson scored an 8-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Jerome Rodriguez (6-0-3) om May 16 in Philadelphia.
Belasco of Wilmington, Delaware has a record of 18-6-3 with 3 knockouts. Like Nelson, Belasco has faced terrific competition. He has quality wins over Vasquez (7-1), Jesus Barbosa (4-1-1) & Tyrell Samuel (14-4-1). He also has draws with undefeated fighters Linwood Hurd and Brian Miller. In his last bout, Belasco dropped a 10-round unanimous decision to Rod Salka (17-2) in a bout for the NABA USA Lightweight title on October 12, 2013 in Salka’s hometown of Pittsburgh.
A terrific undercard has been assembled as Heavyweight Maurice Byarm of Washington, DC (13-2, 9 KO’s) will take on Mark Rideout (4-1-2, 1 KO) of Philadelphia part in a six round bout against an opponent to be named.
The show is promoted by King’s Boxing and Peltz Boxing.
