WBO, WBC and IBF World Super Bantamweight Champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (30-0, 27 COs) had to come in the second round of the canvas to return Ramon Cardenas (26-2, 14 COs) in the eighth round on Sunday night in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The time of the downtime was 0:45 of the eighth.
(Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank)
In the last fifteen seconds of the second round, Cardenas dropped Inoue with a left hook to the chin for an 8 score of referee Thomas Taylor. In the third round, inoue came back well to forty seconds when Cardenas landed left after the chin of Inoue and took him back a few steps.
In the last minute of the fourth round, Inoue ended to Punch to Cardenas’ body and Ken ended up. In the fifth round it was all with little return from Cardenas. In the last minute of the sixth round, inoue landed bumps with little in exchange from Cardenas to the bell.
In the last minute of the seventh round, Inoue Cardenas had his feet at the bell. In the eighth round, Inoue Cardenas had defenseless half a minute, which forced referee Taylor to stop the fight to stop the fight, with a game that Cardenas complained.
In the co-main event, WBO World Featherweight Champion at 6’0 “Rafael ‘El Divino’ Espinoza, 27-0 (23) 5’07” Edward ‘Kid’ Vazquez, 17-3 (4) knocked out of the seventh round of a scheduled 12 round.
In the first three rounds, Vazquez continued to come forward, with some solid right copies. In the last minute of the fourth round, Espinoza landed a punch to the punch, mostly to the body, without a return from Vazquez to the bell.
In the fifth and sixth rounds, Espinoza beat Vazquez all over the ring and pulled blood out of his nose in fifth place. In the seventh round, Espinoza Vazquez had defenseless when referee Harvey Dock finally called a stop for it.
WBO Intercontinental Welterweight Champion Rohan ‘El Rayo’ Polanco, 16-0 (10), beat Fabian ‘Tnt’ Andres Maidana, 24-4 (18), with a unanimous 10 round decision. rounds. Polanco dropped Maidana with a body in the tenth.
In the first round, Polanco came out to shoot away and made it look like a short night. He continued to surpass a reluctant Maidana for two rounds. In the fourth round, Maidana Polanco shook the chin with a counter, and then Polanco continued to take over nine rounds.
In the tenth and last round, in the final thirty seconds, Polanco landed a right to the body and dropped Maidana for an 8 scores by referee Allen Huggins. Maidana managed to get to the clock.
The judges’ scores were 100-89, 100-89 and 100-89.
Featherweight Ra’ese ‘The Best’ Aleem, 22-1 (12), defeated Rudy ‘El Tiburon’ Garcia, 13-2-1 (2), by a unanimous decision of 10 Rund.
In the first five rounds there were little to choose between them. In the seventh and eighth rounds, Garcia continued to come forward and countered Aleem.
In the ninth round, Garcia, knowing that he is behind, tries to knock out and at some point on the ropes for only a few seconds. In the tenth and last round, Garcia did not have enough energy to hurt Aleem, and grabbed him in the clinic and lost another round with his face marked well.
Scores 98-92, 97-93 and 99-91. Allen Huggins was the referee.
The featherweight Southpaw Mikito Nakano, 13-0 (12), knocked out Pedro Marquez, 16-2 (10) at 1:58 of the fourth round.
In the second round, a Nakano lead on the chin scored a delayed Knockdown with Marquez taking a knee and an 8 scores from referee Harvey Dock. With a minute left, a right hook of Nakano falls on the chin again Marquez. He got up and fought back well.
A minute after the third round, a right of Nakano Marquez dropped a third time for an 8 scores of the referee. In the fourth round, after a minute, a right of Nakano dropped Marquez for an 8 score. Shortly later, another body shot dropped Marquez, who forced the referee to stop after the fourth knockout.
Super lightweight Emiliano ‘El Mexicano’ Vargas, 14-0 (12) Juan ‘JJ’ Leon, 11-3-1 (2) knocked out at 1:40 of round two.
In the second round, at the halfway, a right of Vargas dropped Leon for an 8 scores of referee Robert Hoyle. Shortly later, a left hook on the chin of Vargas for the chin and down Leon, who forced referee Hoyle, forced to stop.
Super Welter Art Barrera, Jr., 9-0 (7), #152.7, of Paramount, Ca, Stop Juan ‘El Fresero’ Carlos Guerra, Jr., 6-2-1 (2), #153.7, of Chicago, Il, at 1:15 of the 6th and final round.
After the third round, Barrera had a slight lead. In the fifth round, in the last minute, Barrera Guerra injured. Between rounds, referee Thomas Taylor had the Ring Fellow check Guerra. On the halfway of the sixth and final round, Barrera landed three strokes on Guerra’s chin, which forced referee Taylor to stop.
In a Swing Bout Cruiser Patrick O’Connor, 0-0 (0), #196.1, of Waldorf, Managing Director, Marcus Smith, 2-1 (2), #188, Van?, Tn, 4 Rounds.
The ring announcer was Jimmy Lennon, Jr.
Last updated on 05/05/2025
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