{"id":719029,"date":"2026-06-06T13:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719029\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:11:15","slug":"bermudian-boxers-in-big-us-bouts-the-royal-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719029\/","title":{"rendered":"Bermudian boxers in big US bouts – The Royal Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Created: Jun 06, 2026 07:37 AM<\/p>\n

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Andre Lambe is putting his American Boxing Organisation North American belt on the line against Pryce Sparrow in Galveston, Texas, today (Photograph supplied)<\/p>\n

Three Bermudian boxers will be in action at two cities in the United States tonight.<\/p>\n

Andre \u201cShowtime\u201d Lambe is putting his American Boxing Organisation North American belt on the line against Pryce Sparrow, of Radcliffe, Kentucky, in Galveston, Texas. At the same venue, Adrian Roach is taking on Jerrell Mayweather, from Missouri City, Texas.<\/p>\n

Lambe (13-0) and Roach (2-0) are both undefeated, while their opponents enjoy the same status, setting the stage for mouth-watering contests.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Lambe last fought in June 2025 when he won on points against Kenzo Casteneda. Roach was meant to be in action for his second overseas fight in March, but the 24-year-old was left disappointed after his would-be opponent, Devin Carter, withdrew from the bout in Greensboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

Front Yard is hosting a watch party for the Lambe and Roach fights, where doors open at 7pm with free entry.<\/p>\n

Some 1,643km away in North Carolina, Saundre \u201cDash\u201d Simmons will headline the inaugural Asheville Fight Night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resorts. The 29-year-old light heavyweight, who has a 9-0 record, is going up against veteran boxer Cleotis \u201cMookie\u201d Pendarvis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it to see the three of us staying active,\u201d Simmons told The Royal Gazette.<\/p>\n

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Dash Simmons working in the ring (Photograph supplied)<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s what\u2019s important and they\u2019re both taking good fights. I\u2019m hoping for emphatic victories for Andre and Adrian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simmons, who last fought in October 2025 when he secured a technical-knockout victory against Mexican Juan Andres Alaniz Diaz<\/a>, is itching to get back into the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling great ahead of this fight,\u201d Simmons said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been about seven months out of the ring. It\u2019s the longest I\u2019ve been out as a pro, so I\u2019m ready to get back into it.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy opponent definitely has experience and he\u2019s fought the best in my weight class. A lot of these guys couldn\u2019t stop him or do anything with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the Bermudian, fighting in Asheville is cause for excitement as all his fights have been away from the small city he has called home since he left Bermuda at the age of 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first town I moved to when I left Bermuda, so it\u2019s kind of like a homecoming here as well,\u201d Simmons said.<\/p>\n

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Adrian Roach is heading into his second overseas fight (Photograph supplied)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s this town\u2019s first boxing show as well. They put me as the main card, so it\u2019s supposed to be a pretty warm welcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have me on the national news channel out here and they\u2019ve rallied pretty well behind me, so I just got to make sure I do my job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only time I was the main card was when I was back home. I feel like it\u2019s fitting, it\u2019s going to be a good experience and it\u2019s just sharpening my skills so I can hop off the porch next fight, I\u2019m looking for something big on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simmons has spent weeks preparing for his return to the ring, with the Bermudian confident of extending his unbeaten run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have an opportunity to go out to the West Coast for a training camp, so after this fight I\u2019ll be out there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOriginally, I started preparing for that maybe like a month and a half ago, then this kind of just came up on the table, so I hopped at the opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy record will be 10-0 after Saturday for sure. Once you have that amateur experience, it doesn\u2019t matter who you fight, I know I\u2019m prepared to the best of my ability, so that\u2019s what matters to me most.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Created: Jun 06, 2026 07:37 AM Andre Lambe is putting his American Boxing Organisation North American belt on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-719029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}