COMMERCIAL, CA – Hours after Los Angeles was rocked by the Dodgers’ signing of Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, new WBO women’s bantamweight titleholder Mizuki Hiruta Japan sent City back on Friday with her second title defense.
The left-handed Hiruta delivered quick, thunderous power to control challenger Maribel Ramirez over and over. They piled up for a round before an accidental headbutt early in the eighth round sent the bout into the scorecard. It earned Hiruta a unanimous decision victory at Commerce Casino.
The judges scored it 80-71, 79-72, 80-71 for Hiruta.
In her second title defense after winning the belt in 2023, Hiruta, 7-0 (3 KOs), knocked Ramirez down in the second round with rights to the head and continued to press on with repeated, cutting punches. and placed the injured challenger 15-11-4.
Co-leading super middleweight Ali Akhmedov, 24-1, recorded his 18th knockout in 24 fights with a late finish over Malcolm Jones. 1 minute 17 seconds in the second round
With her friend Ryan Garcia looking on from ringside, Los Angeles’ Roxie Verduzco launched a cut against Lindsay. Ellis immediately in the first round. and beat her with an attack that second to create a roar from the crowd.
In the third round, Verduzco recorded her first knockout. It ended 1 minute, 34 seconds into the frame when referee Ray Corona stopped the fight because Ellis was bleeding.
Unbeaten 11-0 junior featherweight Adan Palma takes on Sharon. Evasive Carter and tried to get over the frustration of not being able to find veterans to claim a split win 59-55, 56-58, 58-56.
When he didn’t retreat, the 14-9-1 Carter was overzealous in his pursuit of Palma. Punched during the break and caused referee and former UFC fighter Chris Leben to push Carter away and scold him for his behavior.
In a full-blown bout, Gloria Mungilla defeated Brooke Cibrian in the eyes of the judges with a score of 77-75, 79-73, 77-75 in the junior flyweight bout. Los Angeles improved to 7-1.
Kevin Anton is a 6’3″ junior middleweight who has a similar fight to the division’s unified titleholder, Sebastian Fundora. Shows effective distance and painful landings. Pummeling his well-traveled opponent, Cameron Krael, 21-34-3 to earn a unanimous decision, 60-54, 60-54, 60-54.
Despite losing the knockout streak But the left-handed Anton went 9-0 (8 knockouts), allowing Crail to pull back and absorb a lot of damage. As a result, doctors had to check ringside twice before Crell – with only three knockout losses to his name – returned to his corner to hear the judges’ one-sided scores.
7-0 junior bantamweight Alexander Geche showed off his versatility in defeating Lito Dante by unanimous decision 60-52, 60-52, 60-52
The 19-year-old Gueche controlled the younger Dante at 21-14-4 with quick hooks. Powerful uppercut and a broken ram while supporting him with a powerful right hand and was able to knock him down in the 5th round.
In the opening bout, lightweight Tayden Beltran, 10-0-1 (5 KOs), from Huntington Beach, California, used punching pressure against Eugene Lagos, who was unable to continue after three rounds due to symptoms. shoulder injury
Lance Pugmire is a senior writer for BoxingScene in the United States. and an associate producer for ProBox TV, Pugmire has covered boxing since the early 2000s, first at the Los Angeles Times, then at The Athletic and USA Today. He received the Boxing Writers Association of America’s Nat Fleischer Award in 2022 for coverage. Excellent in the profession
