ONTARIO, Calif. — Saturday’s junior middleweight contest between Charles Conwell and Gerardo Vergara got off to a slow start, but the decorated American contended with Outstanding technique and power, he quickly separated himself from the unknown Argentinian left-hander and secured victory in the seventh round at Toyota Arena.
Cornwell, 21-0 (16 KOs), stepped up the pace from the fourth round with specialized attacks to the body and a thorough whitewash and masterclass performance with tight combinations to the head. Cornwell impeccably slipped and caught Vergara’s punches and ended the fight with a ferocious jab in the seventh, his thunderous left hook instantly stunning Vergara , 20-1 (13 KOs).
It all went downhill from there, with Cornwell firing off seven straight left hooks that went unanswered until referee Thomas Taylor mercifully stopped the fight at 2:51 of the seventh. game.
Cornwell threw 489 punches and landed 157 punches, while Vergara threw 480 punches and landed 79 punches.
“I feel good about the show,” Cornwell said. “There’s always something I can improve on and get better. I broke him down like I said and got him out of there. He was tough and had a winning mentality, but we got him out of there .
“I’m grateful to Golden Boy for keeping me active in the ring. I’m looking forward to a big 2025. These performances you’re seeing, this is just the beginning. I can only get better from here. I hope to have a great year in 2025 I know I can beat Virgil Ortiz Jr.
The Cornwell-Vergara fight is the co-main event of the welterweight bout between Alexis Rocha and Raul Curiel.
Ramirez was eliminated against Jimenez.
But against familiar sparring partner Ephraim Bui on Saturday night, Ramirez defeated the 115-pound fighter and earned a 10-round unanimous decision victory.
The judges scored the fight 97-93, 97-93, 97-93, and 14-1 (9 KOs) to win the fight for Ramirez.
The southpaw Bui (10 wins, 1 loss, 8 KOs) started strong, but in the second round, his right eyelid was cut due to an accidental collision of heads. The injury didn’t stop Bue from ramping up the pressure, but Ramirez’s crisp uppercut made him pay when he got in close.
With a minute left in the fourth round, Ramirez hit Buie with seven spectacular shots in a short span of time, with blood streaming from Buie’s face.
However, Buie proved he had a thick beard and that didn’t give Ramirez any more momentum in the fifth as he mixed it up in the middle of the ring.
In the sixth round, Ramirez kept picking up the pace, landing punches one at a time, and Buie’s problematic right eye began to swell.
Starting in the seventh, Ramirez began to separate himself from Buie with heavier, cleaner strikes, hitting hard and at times even punching to rebound for the win.
Ramirez threw 501 punches and landed 176 punches, while Buie threw 705 punches and landed 175 punches.
Additionally, 35-year-old five-year-old former world champion Marlen Esparza and Arely Muciño competed in their ten-round junior bantamweight contest in an attempt to recover from a disastrous Bouncing back from the loss, Esparza once again regained control of his career in a clash at Crossroads.
The tug-of-war was a back-and-forth affair that featured many close, hard-to-score possessions and neither side really celebrated after their physical altercation.
However, Esparza came back in the second half and won by unanimous decision of 98-92, 98-92, 97-93. Esparza threw 460 punches and landed 145 punches, while Mousinho threw 486 punches and landed 113 punches.
Esparza, the 2012 U.S. bronze medalist and former flyweight champion, with a record of 15-2 (1 KO), lost weight in his second straight fight and defeated multiple title challenger Rocky Juarez. Entering the new arena under the leadership of Rocky Juarez. She last fought in April and lost the 112-pound title to Gabriela Celeste Alaniz via split decision.
Mousinho, with a record of 32 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses (11 KOs), a four-time Mexican boxing champion, competed for the first time since October 2023, when she was defeated by Gabriella Fondola in five rounds (Gabriela Fundora) lost the flyweight title by knockout.
Live on DAZN, Victor Morales made his debut against Ivan Guardado after a 15-month layoff, but the fight ended in an anticlimactic manner. Doctor Bian believed Guardado was unable to continue due to damage to his right eye, so the fight was stopped. 1 second into the eighth round of the 10-round match.
The official verdict was that Morales won by TKO in the eighth round. He punched 417 times and landed 169 punches, while Guardado punched 297 times and landed 90 punches.
Morales, 20-0-1 (10 KOs), came out of the gate with a slow start, eating several thunderous left hooks from Guardado, 16-3-1 (6 KOs) KO) and had some scary moments. But Morales quickly rallied and returned to the fight with a ferocious attack.
Guardado was in the game the entire game, which would have been an interesting ending, but his rapidly swelling right eye began to cause him problems. The eye was checked before the sixth round and again before the fight was called off in the eighth round. Guardado suffered his second straight loss, the other coming in the seventh round in April against Robson Conceicao.
The night of action kicked off with the Golden Boy Night series on YouTube.
Jorge Chavez defeated Ruben Casero 13-0 (8 KO) twice in the last 20 seconds of the first round and defeated Ruben Casero 12-4 (4 KO). Ruben Casero, didn’t look back and continued his onslaught in their junior featherweight showdown.
Three judges gave Chavez a score of 80-70.
Chavez opened the fight with his first knockdown, courtesy of a perfectly timed backhand right. Casero came off the canvas, only to see Chavez swoop in with a four-punch combination, sending him to the ropes. Referee Rudy Barragan ruled the fight a knockout and Casero was saved by the bell.
At the end of the game, Casero’s nose was broken and he was covered in blood.
Welterweight prospect Ricardo Rubalcaba (13-0-1, 10 KOs) defeated the tough and durable Jabin Chollet in eight rounds, 10-2 (8 KOs). ), unanimous decision with a score of 80-72, 80-72, 79-73.
Junior featherweight Gael Cabrera, 6-0 (4 KOs), knocked out Gael Cabrera 10-6 (5 KOs) in the final seconds of the second round. Garen Diagan, hit multiple times in the side of the head. But after Deegan stood up, it appeared to referee Rudy Barragan that he could not continue, and Barragan waved the fight off at 2:59 of the contest.
22-year-old lightweight prospect Joshua Garcia’s career comes to a screeching halt as he suffers first loss of his three-year career against Uhlice Reyes end.
Garcia took to the ring dressed as the Grinch, but Reyes showed dedication and defeated Garcia with three knockdowns before winning in second-round stoppage.
The southpaw Reyes stunned Garcia in the first round and launched a one-way action from there, knocking out Garcia’s mouthpiece and then knocking him out in the final seconds of the round. Garcia recovered and got out, but things didn’t get any better in the second round as he landed a big left hook that sent him to the canvas again. Reyes continued the pressure at 3-1 (2 KOs), beating Garcia again 9-1 (4 KOs), forcing referee Chris Leben to call the match at 2:04 of the round. The game is stopped in seconds.Fabian Guzman’s perfect knockout streak remains unbroken as the middleweight knocks out Travis Floyd in the first round Knocked him out 15 seconds into the second period. Floyd, 4-12-2 (1 KO), got back to his feet, but his legs were shaky. More one-way traffic followed for Guzman, 6-0 (6 KOs), before referee Thomas Taylor stepped in to stop the action with a second-round TKO.
Javier Meza got his welterweight career off to a good start, knocking out David Music with a big right hand less than a minute into the first round. Meza 1-0 (1 KO) The one-sided blow continued for the rest of the round, with referee Leben calling off the fight with 2 seconds left, and Music 0-2 (0-2) then fired an unanswered shot during the game. corner.
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