Former WBO Light Middleweight Champion Jaime Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) was upset and stopped by EBU Silver Middleweight Champion Bruno Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) at 2:36 of the sixth round in a scheduled 10-round. fight Saturday night in Tijuana, Mexico.
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In the first round, Munguia had a slight advantage with both punches after the bell, so referee Juan Jose Ramirez had to step in and call a stoppage.
In the second round, after a minute, Munguia landed a left hook to the chin and dropped Surace for the first time in his career for an 8-count from Referee Ramirez. He managed to reach the bell. In the third round, Munguia had Surace on the defensive throughout, especially against the ropes, and was lucky to survive the bell.
In the fourth round, it was all Munguia. With half a minute remaining, Surace landed his best punch of the fight, a right uppercut on the chin that rocked Munguia. In the sixth round Munguia had Surace against the ropes several times, but he couldn’t put enough punches together to finish Surace.
Munguia landed a pair of lefts to the chin in the sixth round, having Surace against the ropes. Surace countered with a right to the chin, and dropped Munguia on his back, barely beating the count to nine, but referee Ramirez had seen enough and wisely called a stoppage. It took more than ten minutes for Announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr. to announce downtime for more than ten minutes.
Junior middleweight Jorge ‘Chino’ Garcia, 32-4 (26), defeated Kudratillo ‘The Punisher’ Abdukakhorov, 20-4 (12) by a ten-round unanimous decision.
In the first three rounds, Abdukakhorov met Garcia. In the fifth round, Garcia was landing uppercuts that supported Abdukakhorov.
In the sixth round, Abdukakhorov continued to move south and return to orthodoxy.
In the ninth round, Garcia finished the stronger of the two. In the tenth and final round, Garcia had Abdukakhorov injured in the final seconds.
Scores 97-92, 99-90 and 99-90.
In co-Main Event, Super Bantamweight Alan Picasso, 31-0-1 (17), defeated southpaw Yehison Cuello, 13-3-1 (11) at 1:55 of the third round of a scheduled ten rounds.
In the first two rounds, it was all Picasso. In the third round, a left hook to the body dropped Cuello for the full count from Referee Juan Jose Ramirez.
Super Bantamweight Sebastian ‘Logan’ Hernandez Reyes, 18-0 (17), stopped Sergio ‘El Canalla’ Sosa, 14-5-3 (3) at 2:59 of the seventh round of a scheduled ten round bout.
In the first three rounds, Sosa worked on Hernandez’s body. In the fourth round, Sosa had Hernandez against the ropes for most of the round. In the fifth round, Hernandez came into his own again.
In the seventh round, Hernandez left Sosa defenseless with a flurry of punches, which caused Referee Edgar Lopez to call a stoppage.
Feather WBC Youth Continental Champion Christian ‘El Pelon’ Islas, 11-3-1 (7), lost to southpaw Juan Anacona, 13-1 (6), over eight rounds.
Anacona had an advantage in the first three rounds. Islas had his best turn in the fifth round, although he suffered a bloody nose.
In the final seconds of the sixth round, the action was stopped when Islas complained about his right eye from an Anacona left. In the seventh round, Isles’ nose was bleeding, and his right eye was partially closed. In the eighth and last round, Anacona had the Islas on defense, which had been supported.
Scores 79-73, 77-75, 78-74.
Announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr.
