MERRY FISTMAS! World-Ranked KO Artist Ramon Cardenas Faces Erik Robles in ProBoxTV Main Event at War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Thursday, December 18
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Thu, 04 Dec 2025
Olympic Gold Medalist Hebert Conceicao and Mexican Warrior Elias Espadas Go To War in 10-round Co-Feature
The ProboxTV Contender Series Returns with a Stacked Night of 50/50 Matchups Where Runners, Holders and Low-Volume Punchers are not Welcome!
(December 3, 2025) – On Thursday, December 18, at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, ProBoxTV will proudly present “Merry Fistmas!” another a night of 50/50 The Contender Series matchups, live at 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT.
Presented by Garry Jonas (ProBox Promotions) and Sampson Lewkowicz (Sampson Boxing), in the 10-round “don’t blink” main event, WBC #11-rated The Ring #7, WBA #2, and WBC #5, Ramon “Dinamita” Cardenas (26-2, 14 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas, will make his triumphant return to US soil to face Erik “Terrible” Robles (16-3, 10 KOs) of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
“It’s an ideal comeback fight for Ramon,” said ProBoxTV's founder and CEO, Garry Jonas. “We don’t give tune-up fights, so it’s no walk in the park either. Ramon is a super entertaining fighter and a test like this will keep him ready. It will be a typical ProBoxTV high-action fight while it lasts!”
In the 10-round middleweight co-featured bout, Olympic Gold Medalist and WBA #11-ranked Hebert Conceicao (9-0, 5 KOs) of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, will face rugged Mexican veteran Elias “Latin Kid” Espadas (23-7-1, 16 KOs) in a strong test for the young Brazilian phenom.
“I think the world of Hebert,” continued Jonas. “Check him out. And Espadas is no slouch. Earlier this year, Sadriddin Akhmedov was considered a hot, undefeated prospect and Espadas fought him to a draw, right in his home state. This fight will let us all take a good look at the gold medalist and see what he really has in the pros. Hebert is fun to watch and we have him on the fast track. If he wins this fight, he will have a big year ahead of him.”
Tickets to attend ProBoxTV’s The Contender Series in person at the War Memorial Auditorium start at $105 and are available from the ProBoxTV website or directly from Seat Geek.
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A proven knockout puncher, 30-year-old Ramon Cardenas is best known for his most recent fight, a valiant stand against pound-for-pound undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in May of this year, where he ultimately lost by technical knockout in the eighth round but famously knocked down the formidable champion in the second.
Formerly rated #5 in the world, Cardenas had won 14 consecutive fights before facing Inoue, including three consecutive electrifying appearances on ProBoxTV: a TKO 6 over Israel Rodriguez Picazo (then 30-5) to win the WBC Fecarbox Championship in February of last year, a KO 9 over Jesus Ramirez Rubio (then 22-2-3) to win the WBA Continental Latin American Championship in April of last year, and a unanimous decision over Bryan Acosta to defend his Continental American belt in February of this year. Cardenas also famously knocked out out formerly undefeated Panamanian Rafael Pedroza in the second round in one of the final ShoBox: The New Generation episodes ever.
“Training is going great,” said Cardenas. “I’m training with Manny Robles in LA and he’s a great match for me. We are fixing mistakes I’ve been making in the past, patching them up. I don’t really like watching tape of my opponents, so I don’t know much, but he has to adjust to me like I have to adjust to him. I’ve always said you can fight the same guy 100 times and every time will be different any way. People are expecting me to do good now, so I have a responsibility to show the fans that my fight with Inoue wasn’t a ‘one hit wonder.’”
Against Cardenas, 25-year-old Erik Robles will be having his first fight in the United States after turning professional in 2019 and spending his career in Mexico and the UK. The powerful slugger is best known for winning the IBO World Super Bantamweight Championship against formerly undefeated Lee McGregor (then 12-0-1) via unanimous decision in July 2023 and winning the WBO NABO Super Bantamweight Championship with a unanimous 10-round decision over Cesar Vaca Espinoza (then 16-0-1) in his very next fight in December 2023.
“Training's going great,” said Robles. “We've been sparring with boxers like Christian Cruz, Logan Hernandez, Chino Quintana, and others. We've also added pool training to our preparation, which is a bonus and something different from what we normally do. We know Cardenas is an elite fighter with excellent technique and tremendous power. We all saw his performance against Inoue, and that's keeping us on high alert to continue preparing for what's coming on December 18. It's a fight where anything can happen. He's a dangerous fighter, and so am I. The difference between us is that I have nothing to lose.”
Before turning professional in 2022, 27-year-old Hebert Conceicao won a middleweight gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and took bronze in the 2019 World Amateur Championships.
In just nine professional fights, Conceicao has already beaten two Brazilian countrymen and 2012 London Olympics medal-winning brothers, Esquiva and Yamaguchi Falcao. In June 2024, in just his sixth fight, Conceicao won a unanimous 10-round decision over younger brother and Silver Medalist Esquiva Falcao and, in his most recent ring appearance in September of this year, repeated the feat against older brother and Bronze Medalist Yamaguchi Falcao to win the Brazilian (CNB) and WBO Latino Super Middleweight Championships.
In his lone ProBoxTV appearance to date in May of this year, Conceicao stopped iron-chinned Rowdy Legend Montgomery in two one-sided rounds.
Better than his record, Montgomery had previously taken the undefeated 0 from Kareem Hackett (then 12-0) via KO 3, as well as gone the distance with world-ranked contender Elijah Garcia, former NABO Champion Steven Nelson, former world title challenger Maciej Sulecki and undefeated prospect Jonathan Esquivel (7-0) before running into Conceicao’s heavy hands.
35-year-old Elias Espadas hails from Merida, Yucatán, Mexico. A 13-year professional, Espadas won the WBC FECARBOX Middleweight Championship in 2017 by beating Alan Carrillo via KO 2 and took the WBO Latino Middleweight Title in his very next fight the following year by knocking out Felipe Santos Pedroso in three rounds.
Most recently, Espadas fought to a 10-round majority draw with undefeated Sadriddin Akhmedov in April and then lost an abbreviated five-round technical decision to streaking Irish prospect Callum Walsh in June, when the fight was stopped before it really got started in the fifth round, due to an accidental headbutt.
The night’s televised undercard will consist of a 10-round super lightweight battle between hungry contenders “Marvelous” Mykquan Williams (22-1-2, 11 KOs) of East Hartford, Connecticut, and Jair “Kaiser” Valtierra (18-3, 9 KOs) of Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico, as well as an eight-round middleweight slugfest as part of ProBoxTV’s Future Stars Series between Las Vegas via Camaguey, Cuba’s Yojanler Martinez (5-0-1, 2 KOs) and Joeshon “Shontime” James (9-1-2, 5 KOs) of Sacramento.
“It’s a deep card overall,” said Garry Jonas. “Mykquan Williams vs. Jair Valtierra could be the co-main event. That’s a hell of a fight. Williams will be looking to come back from his first career loss, so Valtierra will tell the tale if he’s got what it takes. It’s ‘do or die’ for Mykquan. Is he a contender or not? And Yojanler Martinez vs. Joeshon James is a fun fight. Martinez is a ‘balls to the wall’ kind of fighter, while James is also back from his first loss. It’ll be a classic ProBoxTV crossroads battle.”
The action will start with Puerto Rico’s undefeated Bryan Polaco (7-0, 5 KOs) running into hard-rock Marlon Harrington (12-2, 10 KOs) from Detroit.
On fight night, doors Open at 6:00 pm. The War Memorial Auditorium is located at 800 NE 8th St in Fort Lauderdale. Ph: (954) 828-5380.
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