In keeping with tradition, Top Rank will have Puerto Rican boxing phenom Xander Zayas headline an exciting card featuring nine fights live from The Theater at Madison Square Garden, NY. Super middleweight prospect Nisa Rodriguez (1-0) will battle 26-year-old Jordanne Garcia (4-3-3) from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to jumpstart the weekend’s festivities. Rodriguez, 33, is a native of the Bronx, Puerto Rican by birth, and a diehard New Yorker. Oh, and she can box, too. She’s an eight-time NYC Golden Gove champion, so it’s fitting that she opens the festive weekend. In addition to her eight NYC titles, she’s a three-time national Golden Gloves champion and represented Puerto Rico in the Central American games.
A modern-day renaissance woman, Rodriguez is a former schoolteacher, a mentor for troubled kids, raises a family, and currently serves as an NYPD officer for the Chief of Department working in assaults and homicides in at-risk youth. And she somehow managed to get into an entire training camp in preparation for her upcoming fight.
Episode 6: NYPD Officer And Pro Boxer Nisa Rodriguez