Jaime Munguia stopped the previously undefeated Erik Bazinyan in the tenth round of an even fight to that point on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona.
Former WBO junior middleweight champion, now WBC No. 2:36 of the tenth round of a scheduled 12 rounds.
In the first round, both used their jabs, with Munguia coming forward. A minute into the round, Bazinyan landed right on Munguia’s chin. In the final seconds, Munguia landed right on the chin, but it was Bazinyan’s round.
In the second round, more of the same, with Bazinyan countering Munguia. In the third round, the sting of both continued. In the last minute, Bazinyan landed right on the chin. Munguia did enough to take the round.
In the fourth round, Bazinyan’s jab was controlled for the most part, with Munguia trying to land his right with little success. Bazinyan used his jab to keep Munguia from landing any good rights, and took another round in the fifth.
Midway through the sixth, Munguia started to land well. Both continued with Bazinyan using the jab and Munguia throwing power punches. In the middle of the seventh round, Munguia landed a flurry of punches. In the final minute Bazinyan came back well, blocked with a left but a right to the chin.
In the eighth round, halfway through, Bazinyan landed a good right to the chin. In the last minute, Munguia overtook Bazinyan and took the round. It went back and forth in the ninth round, with both landing rights halfway through. In the final minute, when Munguia looked broken, he finished strongly.
In the tenth round, Munguia landed a left to the chin and a right to the head, dropping Bazinyan as referee Thomas Taylor counted him out.
Olympic silver medalist and Jr. NABF heavyweight southpaw Richard Torrez, Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) won by DQ over Joey Dawejko (28-12-4, 16 KOs) at 2:02 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight rounder.
In the first round, the southpaw Torrez continued to use a jab that fell short most of the time. After a minute he went to the body of Dawejko, who was on the defense and blocked most of the punches. In the second round after a minute, Dawejko landed a left to the body in his first solid blow. In the final minute, Torrez landed a combination on the chin.
In the third round, Dawejko landed a southpaw, and Torrez knocked out his mouthpiece. In the fourth round, Dawejko spat out his mouthpiece, which was deducted a point by referee Wes Melton.
In the fifth round, Dawejko landed a left on the chin. Then the mouthpiece went out again, and referee Melton disqualified Dawejko.
Light welterweight Emiliano Vargas (12-0, 10 KOs) defeated Larry Fryers (13-7-1, 5 KOs) at 1:23 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight-rounder.
In the first round’s final seconds, Vargas hurt Fryers with a left to the chin at the bell. In the second round, Fryers showed his heart coming forward and was countered by Vargas. In the third round, Vargas bled Fryers nose, punched him and took another round.
In the fourth round, Vargas continued to counter the still surging Fryer, who was hurt near the end.
In the fifth round, a left hook from Vargas went to the body, and on the chin and down went Fryers, while referee Raul Caiz, Jr. blew it off without a score. Later, Vargas said he hurt his right hand earlier in the round.
Super Featherweight 2016 Olympian Charly Suarez (18-0, 10 KOs) knocked out Jorge Castaneda (17-4, 13 KOs) at 2:22 of the third round of a scheduled ten-rounder.
In the first round’s final seconds, Suarez rocked Castaneda with a lead right followed by a left to the chin and nearly went down. In the second round, the shorter Suarez knocked out Castaneda.
In the third round, Castaneda’s right eye began to swell. Suarez landed a left hook to the chin and dropped Castaneda for an 8 count from referee Chris Flores. Seconds later, Suarez landed a right, followed by a left to the chin, and Castaneda went down for the count.
Junior middleweight Jorge Garcia Perez (30-4, 25 KOs) stopped Ilias Essaoudi (22-2 (15 KOs) at 0:46 of the first round of a scheduled ten round.
In the first round, Perez countered a miss from Essaoudi with a right uppercut to the midsection, followed by three punches to the head as Essaoudi fell to the canvas, taking the full count on a knee from referee Wes Morton .
Super bantamweight Sebastian ‘Logan’ Hernandez Reyes (17-0, 16 KOs) stopped Yonfrez Parejo (24-7-1, 12 KOs) after four rounds of a scheduled eight round bout.
In the second round’s final seconds, Hernandez hurt Parejo with a right to the body. In the third round, Parejo received his fourth warning from referee Chris Flores.
In the fourth round, Hernandez continues with a good body attack of uppercuts while Parejo receives another warning for holding. Parejo’s corner stalled after the round.
Lightweight Alan Garcia (14-1, 11 KOs) was knocked out by Ricardo Fernandez (16-13, 2 KOs) at 2:25 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight-rounder.
In the first four rounds, Garcia had an edge, mostly to the body. In the fifth round, Garcia, against the ropes, turned southpaw when Fernandez landed an overhand right on the chin. Garcia went to his back, with referee Raul Caiz, Jr. which counts him out.
Lightweight southpaw Demier Zamora (14-0, 9 KOs) defeated Gerardo Perez (12-6-1, 3 KOs) by eight unanimous decision.
In the first two rounds, Zamora had his way and boxed Perez out. In the third round, Perez drove Zamora against the ropes. From the fourth to the sixth, both had their moments, with Zamora gaining the upper hand.
The action continued in the seventh round. In the eighth and final round, Zamora went to the body, and Perez fought his way back.
Referee Thomas Taylor. Score 80-72 twice and 79-73.
Super flyweight southpaw Steven Navarro (4-0, 3 KOs) knocked out Oscar Arroyo (3-3, 2 KOs) at 2:35 of the third round of a scheduled six-rounder after landing a pair of knockouts.
In the first round after a minute, Navarro dropped Arroyo with a left, followed by a right to the chin for an 8 count from referee Chris Flores.
In the final seconds, Navarro hurt Arroyo with a right hook, which sent him several steps. In the second round’s final seconds, Navarro landed a right, followed by a left to the chin, and Arroyo went down for another 8 count from referee Flores.
In the third round, Navarro continues to go from southpaw to orthodox. In the final seconds, Navarro rocked Arroyo with a straight left and had him defenseless against the ropes with a flurry as referee Flores stopped the fight.
The ring announcer was Mark Shunock.
