WBA Continental Super Featherweight Champion Eduardo ‘Rocky’ Hernandez won by technical decision over WBC Continental Americas Champion Thomas Mattice at the end of the sixth round.
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‘Rocky’ Hernandez (36-2, 32 KOs) defeated WBC Continental Americas champion Thomas Mattice (22-4-1, 17 KOs) by a six-round technical decision of a scheduled 12 rounds.
In the first round, Hernandez was the aggressor who chased Mattice around the ring. In the second and third rounds, Hernandez landed uppercuts to the chin of Mattice, who countered with a right to the body and a left hook to the chin. In the fourth round, Mattice cut Hernandez’s right eyelid in the last minute.
The action picked up in the fifth and sixth rounds, with both having their moments. In the seventh round, Mattice did well, but referee Mark Calo-oy stopped the scorecards after two clashes of heads. A right from Mattice appeared to cause the second cut over the left eye.
The scores were 59-55, 58-55 and 58-56.
Flyweight southpaw Sergio Mendoza (24-0, 21 KOs) knocked out southpaw Angel Ramos (32-2-2, 19 KOs) at 1:00 of the third round of a scheduled ten-rounder.
In the first two rounds, Mendoza used a jab and followed with a left while Ramos worked the body with Mendoza leading in a battle of southpaws. In the third round, a left uppercut from Mendoza landed on the chin and Ramos went down for the count of referee Octavino Lopez.
WBC Youth Silver super middleweight champion Julio ‘Diamante’ Porras (12-0, 8 KOs) defeated Isaac Torres (10-1, 10 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous decision, scoring a knockout in the second.
In the second rounds last thirty seconds, a Porras left hook on the chin dropped Torres for a 9 count from referee Francisco Laveaga. In the fifth round, Porras landed overhand rights on Torres’ chin midway through the round.
In the final seconds of round nine, Porras landed some rights to Torres’ chin. Porras continued to chase Torres all over the ring in the tenth and final round. The scores were 100-89, 99-90 and 99-90.
Light welterweight Leonardo Rubacalava (9-0, 3 KOs) defeated Jesus Castorena (5-2, 2 KOs) by a six-round unanimous decision.
In the first round, Rubacalava knocked out Castorena. In the first minute of the second round, Rubacalava landed several left hooks to the chin. Rubadalava rocked Castena with a right to the chin in the final seconds. In the third round’s last thirty seconds, Rubadalava rocked Castena with a left hook to the chin.
Rubadalava landed right on Castorena’s chin with thirty seconds left in the fourth round. In the final seconds, Castena finally finished with a rush. In the final seconds of the fifth round, Rubadalava landed a right that broke Castorena’s nose with blood gushing.
In the sixth and final round, Rubadalava won the final round for an elimination. The scores were 60-54, 60-54 and 60-54.
The ring announcer was David Diamante.
