Legacy Night 2025, A Historic Event in San Salvador

The Legacy Night 2025 fight car this weekend at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium in San Salvador, was a landmark event for the region.

It was the first time El Salvador hosted such a major event sanctioned by the World Boxing Council. All the regional WBC fights were supervised by the organization’s General Secretary, Robert Lendhardt of the United States, and the president of FECARBOX and WBC Vice President, Alberto Guerra of Panama.

WBC President Mauricio Sulaimán sent a message celebrating the event’s success: “El Salvador has shown that it can host top-level events. Tonight is now written in the history of boxing.”

The crowd responded enthusiastically, with a massive turnout that buzzed with excitement from the first preliminary fights to the main event.

Fight Card Results

Kingsley “The Black Lion” Ibeh was crowned the World Boxing Council Fecarbox heavyweight champion after defeating veteran American Gerald Washington by technical knockout in the third round.

From the opening bell, the Nigerian fighter took control with an aggressive but calculated style. With faster hands and a higher work rate, he forced Washington to constantly retreat.

The end came at the beginning of the third round. After measuring the distance with his jab, Ibeh landed a powerful left hand directly to Washington’s head, sending him to the canvas. Although the Californian bravely got back on his feet, the referee decided he was not in a condition to continue and stopped the fight, declaring Ibeh the winner by TKO.

Mexico’s Andrey Bonilla knocked out his countryman Isaac Barragán to capture the WBC Fecarbox Bantamweight Championship.

In a heavyweight bout, Alexander Flores of the United States defeated Juan Torres.

In the super flyweight division, undefeated Ari Bonilla of Mexico won by decision against his countryman Asbel Bolaina, improving his record to 5-0 and capturing the Fecarbox super flyweight title.

Nicaragua’s Nilo Guerrero defeated Panama’s William Vargas by knockout to win the WBC Fecarbox super featherweight title.

American Austin Brooks dominated and won by unanimous decision against Nicaragua’s Maxwell Montez to claim the WBC Continental Americas super featherweight title.