In the first round, Pero went to the body of Miller. In the final minute, a left hand from Pero on the chin rocked Miller. In the second round, Pero controlled the action, with both punches at the bell. In the third round, Miller came back well and had Pero against the ropes for much of the round.
In the fourth round, after thirty seconds, Miller received a low blow and was warned by the referee, Thomas Taylor. Miller had a good round the rest of the way. In the fifth round, Miller had Pero against the ropes for most of the round until Pero landed a low blow in the closing seconds and was warned by Taylor.
In the sixth and seventh rounds, Miller continued to control the fight. In the eighth round, Pero fought him off the ropes, but Miller won the round again. In the ninth round, both traded heavy blows, with Miller staggering Pero to his corner at the bell. In the tenth round, Miller continued to get the best of the exchanges, while Pero only had brief moments.
In the eleventh lap, Pero had his best lap since the second and held a slight lead. In the twelfth and final round, both were exhausted but continued to throw punches, with Miller finishing stronger. Miller had top trainer teacher ‘Bozy’ Ennis in his corner for the first time, and that proved to help. Miller reportedly threw more than 1,000 punches.
Scores were 117-111 twice and 115-113.
Super welterweight southpaw Freudis ‘One Way’ Rojas, 15-1 (11), of Las Vegas, Nevada, lost by decision for the first time to Damian ‘Samurai’ Sosa, 27-3 (13), of Tijuana, Mexico, who controlled much of the 10-round fight.
In the first round, Rojas controlled most of the action against the aggressive Sosa. Midway through the round, a jab from Rojas knocked Sosa back a few steps. In the second round, Sosa came back well and rode a close round. He landed a right hand to the chin in the final minute that caught Rojas’ attention.
In the third round, Rojas landed a left to the body that hurt Sosa early. In the fourth round, the action went back and forth. In the fifth round, Sosa controlled most of the round, pinning Rojas against the ropes and drawing blood from his nose. In the sixth round, Sosa landed a body blow that sent Rojas forward to the canvas, prompting a knockdown by referee Robert Hoyle.
From the seventh to ninth rounds, Rojas, bloodied and under pressure, could not stop Sosa’s attack. In the tenth and final round, Rojas had swelling around both eyes as he tried to fight off Sosa’s late jabs. Scores were 96-93 on all three cards.
In the co-main event, WBO Latino lightweight champion southpaw Alan ‘Veneno’ Chaves, 22-0 (19), of San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, knocked out Miguel ‘Explosivo’ Madueno, 31-5 (28), of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, at 1:20 of the third bout.
In the first two rounds, the undefeated Chaves, who was making his American debut, controlled the fight throughout. A minute into the third round, a fierce lead from Chaves knocked out Madueno on the chin. Referee Harvey Dock counted him out. It took some time for Madueno to recover and return to his stool.
Super welterweight Olympic southpaw Nishant ‘The Devastator’ Dev, 6-0 (4), of Kamal, India, stopped Juan Carlos ‘El Fresaro’ Guerra Jr., 6-3-1 (2), of Chicago, Illinois, at 2:57 of the second round of a scheduled eight-round bout.
In the first round, Guerra kept coming forward. He started southpaw before switching back to orthodox. Dev countered well and stabbed Guerra several times. In the second round, with a minute left, Dev dropped Guerra with a lead left hand to the side of the head. After the count, Dev swarmed along the ropes until referee Allen Huggins stopped the fight.
Super bantamweight Angel ‘AK-47’ Barrientes, 15-1 (9), of Honolulu, Hawaii, by way of Las Vegas, defeated Luis Espinoza, 10-2 (4), of Phoenix, Arizona, over eight rounds.
Bantamweight southpaw Phillip Vella, 6-0 (2), of Henderson, Nevada, defeated Edwin ‘Puto’ Rodriguez, 12-11-3 (5), of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, over six rounds. Referee Allen Huggins. Ring announcer David Diamante.
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