Undefeated South Jersey heavyweights Josh “The Hammer” Popper and Bruce “2.0” Seldon Jr. made weight Friday ahead of Saturday’s Boxing Insider Promotions card at the Tropicana Atlantic City Showroom. Popper, of Egg Harbor Township, weighed 250 pounds. Seldon Jr., of Smithville, weighed 236 pounds. The six round heavyweight main event tops a seven fight card, with the first bell at 7:30 PM ET.

The card marks the 21st show for Boxing Insider Promotions since October 2022, with events staged in New York City and Atlantic City and expansion into additional markets planned. The series has been billed as the last American club boxing series, presenting regional professional cards on a regular schedule at a time when most U.S. promoters have moved away from the club model.

We did it. Two undefeated heavyweights. The winner moves on to the next level. This is what club boxing is about. Come out to Tropicana and watch the fireworks tomorrow,” said promoter Larry Goldberg, the 2023 and 2024 New York Promoter of the Year.

Popper (7-0, 7 KOs) trains under Jose Luis Guzman at Bredwinners Gym in Manhattan. Seldon Jr. (8-0, 6 KOs) trains under Julio Sanchez at the Pleasantville Recreation Center and is the son of former WBA heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon Sr., who won his title in Atlantic City.

Official Weights, Full Card

Main Event, Heavyweights, 6 Rounds

Josh Popper (7-0, 7 KOs), Egg Harbor Township, NJ, 250 lbs.

Bruce Seldon Jr. (8-0, 6 KOs), Smithville, NJ, 236 lbs.

Co-Feature, Super Lightweights, 8 Rounds

Daiyaan Butt (20-4), Philadelphia, PA, 142 lbs.

Willmank Canonico Brito (13-10-2, 11 KOs), Rosarito, Mexico, 142 lbs.

Middleweights, 6 Rounds

Damian Tinnerello (5-0, 4 KOs), Berlin, NJ, 160 lbs. ?
?Abdalla Nagy (2-4), Albuquerque, NM, 160 lbs.

Middleweights, 6 Rounds

Kahshad Elliott (7-0, 6 KOs), Plainfield, NJ, 158 lbs

Scottie Stockman (4-2, 1 KO), Medford, OR, 156 lbs.

Super Lightweights, 4 Rounds

Julio Sanchez III (4-1, 2 KOs), Pleasantville, NJ, 140 lbs.

Shawn Rall (4-6, 3 KOs), Bedford, OH, 139 lbs

Light Heavyweights, 4 Rounds

Jahanzeb Rizwan (1-0, 1 KO), Bronx, NY, 171 lbs.

Daniel Keepers (pro debut), North Las Vegas, NV, 171 lbs.

Middleweights, 4 Rounds

David Malul (4-0, 2 KOs), Queens, NY, 154 lbs.

Julius Thomas (1-3-1, 1 KO), Youngstown, OH, 157 lbs.

How to Watch

The full card streams live and free on the “https://www.youtube.com/boxinginsider

BoxingInsider YouTube channel beginning at 7:30 PM ET.

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**ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.** — On Saturday, June 13, undefeated heavyweight Bruce “2.0” Seldon Jr. (8-0, 6 KOs) headlines a Boxing Insider Promotions card at the Tropicana Atlantic City Showroom against fellow unbeaten South Jersey heavyweight Josh “The Hammer” Popper (7-0, 6 KOs). It is the kind of all-local, all-undefeated main event the sport rarely produces, and for Seldon it is a chance to prove the name on his trunks belongs to him as much as it does to his father.

That name carries weight in Atlantic City. Bruce Seldon Sr., “The Atlantic City Express,” won the vacant WBA heavyweight championship in 1995, stopping former IBF titleholder Tony Tucker, and retired with a record of 40-8 and 36 knockouts. His son grew up a few miles inland in Smithville and graduated from Absegami High School. Now he is building his own career on the same stretch of shore where his father became a world champion.

Seldon Jr. came to boxing late and without an amateur background, turning professional in 2024 in his late twenties. What he lacked in pedigree he has made up for in power. He has stopped six of his eight opponents and become a fixture in his home market, appearing on six previous Boxing Insider shows where his come-forward style and finishing instinct have made him a local favorite. He trains at the Pleasantville Recreation Center under Julio Sanchez and is guided by managers Jim Kurtz and David Dubinsky of DKO Boxing.

By his own account, this camp has been different. “This is the strongest, the fastest, the calmest I’ve been probably my entire career,” Seldon told Josh Hennig on 97.3 ESPN. He points to his most recent fight as the turning point, an experience he has called eye-opening. “I promised myself and my team that I would never get into another ring again if I wasn’t 100 percent ready,” he said. “Coming into this one, I’m just making good on my word.”

Those changes started in the gym. Seldon describes a camp built on consistency and focus, one where he stayed disciplined and let his corner reshape the way he fights. The pressure and power that made his name are still there, but they now sit underneath a more patient, calculated approach designed to carry him deeper into a fight against an opponent who will not fold.

The version of himself he plans to bring on June 13 is one he says no one has seen yet. Known as a pressure fighter hunting the knockout, Seldon says he has spent this camp learning to box, to set traps and pick his spots rather than simply walk his man down. “At the end of the day, boxing is chess, not checkers,” he said. He credits his corner for the growth and makes no apology for leaning on it. “I would be a true idiot, especially in this sport, not to listen,” he said. “I don’t have all the answers. You’ve got to be coachable.”

Popper has promised to walk into a storm of pressure, and Seldon is happy to confirm it is coming. “Of course I’m going to bring the pressure. That’s what I do,” he said. “Just because he’s expecting that doesn’t mean he’s going to be able to stop it.” He believes the night will be the hardest of Popper’s career. “He should be expecting the toughest fight he’s gotten into in his entire career,” Seldon said.

The matchup carries the kind of personal edge only a hyper-local main event can. The two men grew up minutes apart and attended rival high schools, Seldon at Absegami and Popper at Holy Spirit, and Popper has needled him about a high school football game from more than a decade ago. Seldon waves it off. “Whatever he did on the field 13, 14 years ago, good for him,” he said. “That’s a team sport. I didn’t even play football that year. Regardless, you’re not going to be able to bring your team into the ring with you on June 13th.”

“Bruce Seldon has been on six previous Boxing Insider shows and has made quite the impression on the local market with his KO power,” said promoter Larry Goldberg of Boxing Insider Promotions. “When this fight was presented to him, he didn’t hesitate to say yes.”

Seldon Jr. vs. Popper headlines a stacked seven-fight card on Saturday, June 13 at the Tropicana Atlantic City Showroom, first bell 7:30 PM ET. Two undefeated South Jersey heavyweights, a hometown crowd, and a building that Boxing Insider Promotions has turned back into the home of Atlantic City boxing. This is the fight the region has been asking for, and somebody’s zero has to go. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. Get yours before the room sells out: ?
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**ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.** — On Saturday, June 13, undefeated heavyweight Josh “The Hammer” Popper (7-0, 6 KOs) headlines a Boxing Insider Promotions card at the Tropicana Atlantic City Showroom against fellow unbeaten South Jersey heavyweight Bruce “2.0” Seldon Jr. It is the kind of all-local, all-undefeated main event the sport rarely produces, and for Popper it is a homecoming years in the making.

Popper is a South Jersey product through and through. He grew up minutes from the boardwalk and starred in football and basketball at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, where he played defensive end on the Spartans team that won the 2011 New Jersey state championship alongside future NFL players. The pride runs deep. “I bleed blue and gold,” Popper told Josh Hennig on 973 ESPN’s “Hanging with Hennig.” “I’m a Spartan until I die.” He recently returned to speak to students at his old high school, closing a loop on a journey that started there.

From Holy Spirit, Popper went on to Rowan University, where he became an All American and All-Conference defensive lineman and earned rookie minicamp invitations from the Arizona Cardinals and the Indianapolis Colts. When pro football did not work out, he moved to New York City, took up boxing in his late twenties, and opened his own gym, Bredwinners, in Manhattan. He was a standout amateur fast, winning the 2023 New York Ring Masters Championship and the 2023 New York Boxing Tournament before turning pro in late 2024.

The nickname tells the deeper story. “The Hammer” is a tribute to his late father, Michael, a home builder whose hammer Popper now wears tattooed on his back. He has been open that boxing began, in part, as a way to cope with his father’s death, and that he carries his dad and his younger sisters into the ring with him every time out.

Popper turned pro in October 2024 in Nashville and has stopped nearly everyone since, building to a 7-0 record with 6 knockouts. Two of those wins have come right at the Tropicana, including a first-round stoppage of Dillon Pumphrey in March. In April he went the full six rounds for the first time, outpointing veteran Rydell Booker in a fight that proved his conditioning and ring savvy as much as his power. He has not stopped since. “I haven’t taken any time off,” Popper said on 973 ESPN. “I feel like I’ve just been rolling right through.”

Behind him is a team built for the long climb. Popper is managed by Marty Hopwood of TMA Management, the New York-based outfit that also guides the careers of fighters like Terell Bostic and Jacob Solis, and he is trained by former pro Jose Luis Guzman, who also works with star Amanda Serrano. Popper is a coach himself, working with amateurs and pros, including three-time world champion Miyo Yoshida, and he credits that teaching eye for sharpening his own ring IQ.

For all the boxing, Popper first reached a national audience outside the ring during a high-profile relationship with pop icon Madonna, who was a ringside fixture at his amateur fights. He has never run from the attention, but he has made clear he intends to be known for what he does between the ropes.

The Seldon matchup carries a personal edge that only a hyper-local main event can. As Popper revealed on 973 ESPN, the two actually faced each other in high school football, Holy Spirit against Absegami, and Popper does not mind reminding people how that one went. Now they meet again as grown men, both undefeated, both with knockout power, and both unwilling to leave it to the judges.

Popper’s message to anyone watching him for the first time on June 13 was simple. “They’re going to have a new favorite boxer,” he said. “You don’t want to blink.”

“Josh Popper is exactly what this series is about,” said promoter Larry Goldberg of Boxing Insider Promotions. “A local kid who chased a dream, took the hard road, and is now headlining a heavyweight main event in his own backyard against another undefeated local. Two unbeaten South Jersey heavyweights willing to fight each other, that does not happen at this level. June 13 is going to be a special night for Atlantic City boxing.”

**EVENT INFORMATION**

What: Boxing Insider Promotions presents Seldon Jr. vs. Popper?
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When: Saturday, June 13, 2026?
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Where: Tropicana Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, N.J.?
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Tickets: On sale now at Ticketmaster.com

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Boxing Insider Promotions returns to the Tropicana Atlantic City Showroom on Saturday, June 13, 2026, as undefeated South Jersey heavyweights Bruce Seldon Jr. and Josh Popper headline the biggest local heavyweight showdown the region has seen in years. First bell 7:30 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster. https://www.ticketmaster.com/boxing-insider-live-professional-boxing-atlantic-city-new-jersey-06-13-2026/event/02006495CFC0F3D8

Josh “The Hammer” Popper of Egg Harbor Township trains at Bredwinners Gym in Manhattan under Jose Luis Guzman. The former Rowan University standout earned NFL minicamp invitations from the Cardinals and Colts before turning to boxing, and two of his wins have come right here at the Tropicana.

Bruce “2.0” Seldon Jr. of Smithville trains at the Pleasantville Recreation Center under Julio Sanchez. The son of former WBA Heavyweight Champion Bruce Seldon Sr. and an Absegami graduate, he has built five wins on the Boxing Insider stage at the Trop. He has never left the building without a win.

“Two undefeated South Jersey heavyweights, both with history at the Tropicana, both willing to step up and fight each other. That doesn’t happen in 2026,” said promoter Larry Goldberg. “This is the fight everyone locally wanted to see. June 13 is going to be a night Atlantic City remembers.”

South Jersey fan favorite Julio “Jewelz” Sanchez III takes on Shawn Rall, and John Leonardo Jr. returns to the Tropicana looking to build toward a regional title shot later this year.

The card is rounded out with Jahanzeb Rizwan, Yoel Angeloni, Kahshad Elliott, Williams, David Malul, and Daiyaan Butt, all in separate bouts with opponents to be announced shortly .

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Atlantic City, NJ – February 6, 2026 – Boxing Insider Promotions will present a professional boxing event at the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

The event is headlined by Junior NABF Super Welterweight Champion “Mr. Atlantic City” Justin Figueroa vs. James Blake Franklin (super welterweight).

Confirmed matchups: 

– Josh Popper vs. Dillon Pumphrey (heavyweight) 

– John Leonardo vs. Edgar Joe Cortes (super 

bantamweight) 

– Lia Lewandowski vs. Indeya “Azucar” Rodriguez (light flyweight) 

– Jacob Riley Solis vs. Jeremy Ramos (super welterweight) 

– Jim Torney vs. Trevor Kotara (heavyweight)

Also scheduled to appear: Julio “Julez” Sanchez III and Jahanzeb Rizwan.   

More bouts to be announced.

“We are excited to bring our brand of club boxing back to the Boardwalk in 2026,” said Larry Goldberg, promoter of Boxing Insider Promotions. “Tropicana is the best venue in town to watch the fights and this card will not disappoint.”

Doors open at 6:00 PM. First bell at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster: 

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Boxing Insider Promotions, named New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Promoter of the Year for 2023 and 2024, presents regular professional boxing events in New York and Atlantic City. This event marks Boxing Insider Promotions’ 20th professional club show since October 2022 and its seventh in Atlantic City.

New York, NY – September 16, 2025 – Boxing Insider Promotions returns to Sony Hall in Times Square on Friday, September 19, 2025, with lightweight Kurt Scoby headlining and heavyweight Josh Popper making his NYC debut in the revived “Broadway Boxing” series. Tickets are moving fast, so grab yours now at TicketWeb.com and the Sony Hall box office!

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This card features these key NYC-based matchups:

Kurt Scoby vs. Alex Martin: Kurt Scoby returns in the main event against the very tough Alex Martin, presented in association with DiBella Entertainment and OTX Boxing. Kurt is one of the hottest prospects in boxing and Alex is coming off a big win on Boxing Insider’s July show against Daiyaan Butt.

• Josh Popper vs. Braxton Smith: Bredwinners Boxing founder Popper debuts in NYC against a bare knuckle and MMA veteran in an explosive heavyweight contest.
• George Arias vs. Earl Newman: An all-New York heavyweight clash pitting Bronx against Brooklyn in a showdown that was six months in the making.
• Nadim Salloum vs. Andres Martinez: Super middleweight Salloum, the first professional boxer from Lebanon, faces a rising contender in his return to New York.
• Armando Barbier vs. Ricardo Jimenez: Another New York rivalry, between super welterweight natives of Yonkers and Harlem.
• Donte Layne vs. Mirady Zola: NYC super middleweight contender Layne makes his third appearance on a Boxing Insider card against the rugged Zola.

The matches will air on tape delay on SNY, the home of Broadway Boxing for eighteen years, available in 14 million homes in the NY Metropolitan region and beyond. Streaming to be announced soon.

Secure your tickets today at TicketWeb.com. This marks Boxing Insider’s 12th event at Sony Hall, which is located at 235 W 46th Street, just off Times Square.

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About Boxing Insider Promotions

Boxing Insider Promotions, which won the 2023-2024 NY State Boxing Hall of Fame “Promoter of the Year” award, is dedicated to promoting exciting boxing events and developing grassroots talent in iconic venues, building on New York’s storied boxing heritage.

Boxing Insider transitioned from media to promoter and is committed to showcasing the best local fighters at Sony Hall in Manhattan and the Tropicana Atlantic City.

For more information, visit BoxingInsider.com or follow @BoxingInsider on Facebook and Twitter and @boxinginsidercom on Instagram.

For media inquiries, contact [info@boxinginsider.com].

Featured Fighter Bios:

Kurt Scoby, a 30-year-old lightweight from Duarte, CA, holds a professional record of 17-1 with 15 KO’s. This power puncher currently makes his home in Pennsylvania but trains out of Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn. As a devout Muslim, Scoby has overcome a challenging background to become a contender in the lightweight division, with his last fight on June 13.

Nadim Salloum, known as “The Unpredictable,” is a super middleweight who is 13-2 with seven KO’s. A native of Jounieh, Lebanon, he is the first professional boxer from Lebanon and a five-time national super middleweight champion. Based between Beirut and New York, Salloum began boxing as a method to lose weight but turned it into a professional career, becoming a pioneering model for Lebanese athletes.

Josh Popper, a 31-year-old heavyweight boxer from Somers Point, NJ, is undefeated in four pro bouts, with all four wins by knockout. Popper played college football at Rowan University, a small college powerhouse, and transitioned from a football career with teams like the Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts to boxing. As the founder and coach of Bredwinners Boxing studio in New York City, Popper has gained attention both in the ring and through his personal life, including a past relationship with pop music legend Madonna.