Hometown: Frontwave Arena.

Julius “JuJu” Ballo fought at home for the first time as a professional on Saturday, April 18, 2026, and left Frontwave Arena in Oceanside 3–0 after a unanimous decision over Roman Reyes.

The card, SD Fight Night, was the debut event for G2G Promotions — the San Diego promotion Ballo co-founded with his cousin Jonny Mansour — and sold out, making it the largest boxing event in Frontwave Arena’s history. Mansour also won on the night.

It was the third stop of Ballo’s multi-city pro launch after his Madison Square Garden debut and a win in Los Angeles, and the first time the East County crowd that followed him through the amateurs got to see him as a pro.

What came next

Four months later he made his Detroit debut at the Fox Theatre and won every round. Fight report →