Oluwafemi Oyeleye, 16-0 (10 KOs), is among the star attractions this Saturday night at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia where R and B Promotions stage a Pro-Am card. The 29-year-old junior middleweight prospect takes on Ricardo Villalba over six rounds.
Oyeleye, a Philly-based southpaw who was born in Lagos, Nigeria, is known as “The Nightmare” and fought in this same arena as recently as June, when he stopped Leonardo Di Stefano in four.
His opponent, the 34-year-old Villalba, can boast a record of 20-11-1 (8 KOs) and hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Further six-rounders: Joshua Jones (9-0-1, 3 KOs) of Philadelphia taking on Giovani Gutierrez (11-10-1, 6 KOs) of Nicaragua at lightweight; Quaseem Carter (5-1, 4 KOs) of East Newark, NJ battling Dewayne Williams (4-8-1, 4 KOs) of Philadelphia in a middleweight contest.
Set for four rounds are: Noah Norman (2-0, 2 KOs) of Coatesville, PA, against Benjy Gomez (0-2) of Oxnard, CA in a junior welterweight bout; up at heavyweight, Daniel Bean (3-2, 2 KOs) of Old Bridge, NJ takes on Jesse Hayward (2-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia; Richard Johnson (2-0, 1 KO) of Philadelphia fights Jamar Leach (1-1) of Philadelphia at junior middleweight; Juan Marrero (5-0, 5 KOs) of Philadelphia takes on Ezra Rabin (1-6, 1 KO) of Oakland , CA in a lightweight contest; Juan Marrero (5-0, 5 KOs) of Philadelphia takes on Ezra Rabin (1-6, 1 KO) of Oakland , CA in a lightweight contest; and debuting Anibal Mercado of Newtown, PA and Omayki Torres square off at junior welterweight.