Some of the world’s best boxers ready to enter the ring at Thunder Valley Casino
CALIFORNIA THIS YEAR. UPPERCUT. HOOK ONE TWO. SLIP. LOCAL BOXER VICKY ZHAO HAS A PERFECT AMATEUR RECORD OF 22 AND ZERO, BUT AS PROFESSIONAL BOXER VICKY IS WINLESS. SHE’S ZERO TWO AND WILL LOOK TO BREAK THE ICE. SEPTEMBER 6TH AT THUNDER VALLEY TWO THREE. THE GOAL FOR ME IS TO HARVEST MY FIRST EVER OFFICIAL PROFESSIONAL BOXING WIN. I THINK THIS IS MY CHANCE BECAUSE I’VE LEARNED A LOT AND IMPROVED A LOT IN THE JUST PAST YEAR. VICKY, WHO HAS TWO DEGREES FROM UC DAVIS, MAY BE SMALL IN STATURE BUT HAS A HEART OF A LION IN THE BOXING RING. I AM DEFINITELY A FIGHTER AT HEART. I’M A GOOD BOXER WITH GOOD BOXING SKILLS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I HAVE THE HEART AND THE WILL TO WIN. ALSO TAKING PART IN THE THUNDER VALLEY SHOWDOWN TWO WILL BE TATI ALMARAZ. SHE’LL MAKE UP THE TEN MATCH BOXING CARD AT THE VENUE AT THUNDER VALLEY. SHE SAYS MIND OVER BODY IS WHAT DRIVES HER IN HER SPORT. ONE UP, ONE DOWN, THE WORKING OUT PART IS HARD ABOUT IT, BUT THE END RESULT WHEN YOU’RE DONE AND YOU’RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOU’RE ABLE TO DO, EVEN LIKE EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE TIRED AND YOU WERE JUST WANTING TO DIE, YOUR BODY WAS STILL ABLE TO DO IT. EVEN THOUGH YOUR MIND TOLD YOU, OH, YOU CAN’T DO IT. YOU STILL PUSH THROUGH. THAT’S WHEN LIKE HONESTLY, THAT THAT REWARD AT THE END OF THE WORKOUT IS. AMAZING. I GET OUT OF THERE AND THE MAIN EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 6TH WILL FEATURE THE NATIONAL CHAMPION FROM CHINA, HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. HE IS 20 WINS AND ONLY ONE LOSS. HIS NAME IS JUNE LONG ZHANG. YEAH ONE, TWO THREE. I HAVE THREE GOALS. I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CHINESE BOXING AND US BOXING. LETTING THE STYLE BLEND AND THE FIGHTERS KNOW EACH OTHER AND GET TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER. AND I BELIEVE THAT HERE IN THE US YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF BOXING. AND I FINALLY WANT TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL WORLD CHAMPION. JUNE LONG IS 43 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN BOXING FOR 12 YEARS. HE’S SIX FOOT FOUR INCHES TALL, WEIGHS IN AT 295 POUNDS, AND HE WILL MAKE HIS USA PRO BOXING DEBUT IN SACRAMENTO. I LOVE YOU. I’M VERY THANKFUL FOR MY LOVING SPONSOR, FOR MY FAMILY AND ALL THE FANS, AND I’M EXCITED FOR THE AMERICAN BOXING FANS AND I WANT TO BE THE WORLD CHAMPION, AND I’M FEELING GOOD AND READY TO WIN. CHAMPION. WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL TASTE TO THIS BOUT. I GOT GUYS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD CHINA, INDIA AND OUR LOCAL GUYS, LOCAL PROSPECTS THAT HAVE POTENTIAL TO BE WORLD CHAMPIONS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE TWO FEMALE BOUTS THAT SHOULD BE FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. IT’S A VERY SPECIAL CARD JAB. ALL RIGHT. SO ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, IT’S THE THUNDER SHOWDOWN THREE AT THE VENUE INSIDE THUNDER VALLEY RESORT IN LINCOLN. IT’S THE LARGEST PRO BOXING CARD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. TEN PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS ARE SCHEDULED, INCLUDING TWO PROFESSIONAL BOUTS. DOORS OP
Some of the world’s best boxers ready to enter the ring at Thunder Valley Casino
Updated: 9:41 PM PDT Aug 4, 2025
Some of the world’s best boxers are ready to step in the ring in Northern California next month.Sacramento-area fight promoter Nasser Niavaroni of Upper Cup Promotions has put together another Professional Boxing card that will take over The Venue at Thunder Valley. This is the third pro-boxing card held at The Venue. The 10-fight card will also feature two professional women’s fights, making it the largest Pro-Boxing Card in Northern California this year. One of the female boxers is Vicky Zhao, who has a perfect amateur record of 22-0, but as a professional, Zhao is winless at 0-2. Zhao has two degrees from UC Davis and may be small in stature, but she has the heart of a lion in the boxing ring. Also taking part in the Thunder Valley Showdown III will be Tati Almaraz. She says ‘mind over body’ is what drives her in her sport. Also making up the card is the Chinese heavyweight champion of China, Junlong Zhang. At 43, Zhang has been boxing for 12 years. He will be making his U.S. Pro-Boxing debut in Sacramento. “I have three goals: I would like to support the communications between Chinese boxing and U.S. boxing, letting the style blend and the fighters know each other and get to work with each other, and I believe that here in the U.S. you have the highest level of boxing, and finally, I want to become a professional world champion,” Zhang said.The Thunder Valley Showdown III is set for September 6 at 7 p.m.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
LINCOLN, Calif. —
Some of the world’s best boxers are ready to step in the ring in Northern California next month.
Sacramento-area fight promoter Nasser Niavaroni of Upper Cup Promotions has put together another Professional Boxing card that will take over The Venue at Thunder Valley.
This is the third pro-boxing card held at The Venue. The 10-fight card will also feature two professional women’s fights, making it the largest Pro-Boxing Card in Northern California this year.
One of the female boxers is Vicky Zhao, who has a perfect amateur record of 22-0, but as a professional, Zhao is winless at 0-2. Zhao has two degrees from UC Davis and may be small in stature, but she has the heart of a lion in the boxing ring.
Also taking part in the Thunder Valley Showdown III will be Tati Almaraz. She says ‘mind over body’ is what drives her in her sport.
Also making up the card is the Chinese heavyweight champion of China, Junlong Zhang. At 43, Zhang has been boxing for 12 years. He will be making his U.S. Pro-Boxing debut in Sacramento.
“I have three goals: I would like to support the communications between Chinese boxing and U.S. boxing, letting the style blend and the fighters know each other and get to work with each other, and I believe that here in the U.S. you have the highest level of boxing, and finally, I want to become a professional world champion,” Zhang said.
The Thunder Valley Showdown III is set for September 6 at 7 p.m.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel