Finkel soon helped Bojado sign a multi-fight deal with cable television channel Showtime.
[3] On January 13, 2001, he made his professional debut by beating Derrick Castor by knockout in the second round in Uncasville, Connecticut.
On July 24, however, he suffered another setback, when former world Jr. Lightweight champion Jesse James Leija beat him by a split ten-round decision.
[5] On October 6, 2007, Stephen Forbes won a split-decision upset over Bojado in a junior welterweight bout.
Bojado was arrested in 2011 after allegedly failing to stop at US Border security, which resulted in shots being fired at him by police.