HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Feb. 25 2026 — South Florida’s premier boxing promotion, The Heavyweight Factory, continues a strong start to 2026 with a stacked professional boxing card on Sunday, April 12, at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The nine-bout card, the latest installment of the promotion’s Fists of Fury series, will be headlined by an all-Cuban showdown of undefeated lightweight contenders Armando “El Relámpago” Martinez and Neslan Machado.
In the main event, WBC Middle East, WBC FECARBOX, and WBA Continental lightweight champion Armando “El Relámpago” Martinez (17-0, 15 KOs) attempts to continue his trek toward a world title as he takes on undefeated lightweight contender Neslan Machado (21-0, 10 KOs) in a 10-round bout. It will be Martinez’s first bout of his 2026 campaign following an impressive four-fight unbeaten run in 2025.
The event will also feature the 2026 debuts of boxing’s next big attraction, the Bonilla Twins. Blue-chip phenoms Ari (5-0, 2 KOs) and Andrey Bonilla (5-0, 4 KOs), of El Paso, Texas, by way of Pasadena, California, look to continue their meteoric rise in separate special attraction bouts.
Also on the card, rising junior welterweight Montaser “The Boy King” Aboughaly (7-0, 3 KOs) of Tampa will make a quick turnaround following his show-stopping knockout in January and will once again put his undefeated record on the line.
Rounding out the card, rising prospects and local favorites Aaron Aponte (13-3-1, 4 KOs) and Gavonne Bess (7-0, 2 KOs) kick off their 2026 campaigns in exciting bouts.
Featherweight prospect Sebastian Santana (3-0, 2 KOs), light heavyweight veteran Jose Cortes (9-5, 3 KOs), and super middleweight Jeremy Park (1-1) will appear in separate bouts.
“We set the tone with our partner Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino with a great event in January,” said promoter Kris Lawrence. “As you’ve come to expect from Heavyweight Factory, this event is stacked with great matchups and a huge title fight in the main event at the historic Hard Rock Live.”
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