By Dan Ambrose – 11/02/2024 – Commentary
Lightweight contender Raymond Muratalla (22-0, 17 KOs) looked like 24 kt gold tonight, obliterating Jesus Perez (25-6, 18 KOs) with a searing two knockout, second round knockout in the co-fight at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York.
Muratalla (27) was in vintage form tonight, knocking Perez down twice with straight left hands that dropped him on his back in the second round.
Perez barely beat the count after the second tee of the round and looked shaky when action resumed. Muratalla landed several hard shots that staggered Perez, forcing referee Charlie Fitch to step in and stop the fight at 1:24 of the round.
In the first takedown, Perez walked into a left-right combination from Muratalla that sent him down hard on the canvas back-first. Where Perez made a mistake was standing up and immediately going forward to throw power punches. Muratalla capitalized by dropping Perez a second time with the exact same left-right.
After the fight, Muratalla called out the lightweight champions and said he was ready for any of them.
Last updated on 11/02/2024
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