Local prospects Travon Marshall, Frankie Scarboro and David Whitmire all have their second matches of 2026 scheduled.
They will each fight in separate bouts on May 1 at the Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland in Hanover, according to their trainers. The show will be streamed by ProBox TV, which also carried their last appearances on a January 30 event at the same venue.
Marshall, 13-1 (10 KOs), is a 25-year-old welterweight and junior middleweight from Washington, D.C. He has won five in a row since suffering a second-round stoppage loss to Gabriel Maestre in August 2023. Marshall is coming off a sixth-round TKO victory over the 9-4 Eduardo Diaz. Afterward, he spoke to BoxingScene about how he’s working to be more strategic in the ring and not just rely on his power.
Whitmire, 11-0 (8 KOs), is a 20-year-old welterweight who grew up in D.C. and now lives nearby in Suitland, Maryland. In January, he scored a third-round TKO against the 9-7 Jarrod Tennant. Whitmire told BoxingScene he wants to test himself in longer fights beyond his recently scheduled six-rounders.
Marshall and Whitmire are both trained by Andrew Council, who says no opponents have been confirmed yet. Council emphasized that he wants his boxers to be in step-up fights.
“I’m looking for someone that’s able to take them the whole eight rounds so they can get late-round experience with a pushback,” Council said. “Both of them are top guys right now. They just need late-round experience.”
Scarboro, 13-0 (9 KOs), is a 29-year-old junior lightweight from the D.C. region in nearby Maryland. He is coming off a unanimous decision win in a late January battle against a very tough gatekeeper, the 15-7 Brandon Valdes. Scarboro’s next opponent has not yet been selected, but no matter what, trainer Ernesto Rodriguez knows what he wants to see from his fighter.
“This fight coming, I am looking for Frankie to control the distance with his jab while still holding his ground and applying pressure,” Rodriguez told BoxingScene. “He is naturally a pressure fighter who loves to engage. However, as we climb the ranks, he has to make adjustments to not make it a dogfight so early. Frankie wants to hurt his opponent early, which causes him to lose patience and engage earlier than suggested. I will also look for him to go to the body much earlier and keep a pace that will be uncomfortable for his opponent.”
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