Highly touted super bantamweight/featherweight prospect Sean "Gusto" Brewer of Austin will make a quick return to the ring after his draw with fellow unbeaten prospect Texan Joel Martinez.
Brewer rallied and put together a rock-solid fourth round in his battle of undefeated prospects with Martinez of Fort Worth in Frisco on July 29th. The fight was a major risk for both men and ended appropriately in a draw. Now, just five weeks later, the Austinite returns to the ring. Brewer will take on once-beaten Cuban prospect Deiniel Santiago Alegre this Saturday in Long Beach, California, at Thunder Studios. No, easy fights for the slick-moving and rangey Austinite who now trains, and lives in Las Vegas, and works with former world champion Bones Adams.
Brewer got a late start in the sport but has a ton of athleticism and speed. He quickly became a top-rated amateur and had a massively successful amateur career before teaming up with Adams in Las Vegas. He had gone on as the B-side and pulled upsets early in his career and spectacularly to make a name for himself. His break-out moment came back in 2022 when, after a few contests fell through, Gusto was bumped to the main event, where he took Christian Renteria and destroyed Renteria in less than one round at the DoubleTree in Ontario, California. He also scored a first-round at the same venue in February of 2022 when he destroyed undefeated and highly touted prospect Ivan Zarate. Zarate has since lost a decision to Santiago Alegre. Making him a common opponent of the two combatants. The fight will air live on BeIn and Fox Sports.
Brewer remains "100% to a rematch" with Martinez. Should Gusto get the win on national television, perhaps Texas fight fans can get Brewer-Martinez II before the end of 2023. The first fight was taken on short notice above each fighter's best weight, so a rematch on full notice at their natural weights and perhaps a six-rounder, not a four-rounder would be a lot more telling on who is the brighter prospect.