Unbeaten Middleweight Eric Priest gave Tyler “Herc” Howard a boxing lesson to win all ten rounds for the vacant WBA North American Continental title on Thursday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
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Priest, 15-0 (8) defeated “Herc” Tyler Howard, 20-3 (11) in 10 rounds. In the first round of four rounds, Priest’s jab against the approaching Howard. Priest drew blood from Howard’s nose in the final minute of the fourth round.
In the fifth through the tenth, Priest gave Howard a boxing lesson, using his jab to perfection as Howard closed in, but couldn’t get past Priest’s jab. The scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 100-90.
The referee was Ray Corona.
Super featherweight Leonardo ‘Bazooka’ Sanchez, 8-0 (6), impressed, defeating Joseph ‘Jaguar’ Cruz, 10-12 (6) in six lopsided rounds.
In the first four rounds, it was all about southpaw Sanchez having Cruz on the defensive with a flurry of punches. In the fifth round, Sanchez was drawing blood from Cruz’s nose.
Referee Rudy Baragan. All scores were 60-54.
Super Welterweight Jordan ‘The Patriot’ Panthen, 11-0 (9) defeated DeAundre ‘Dixianimal’ Pettus, 12-4 (7) in 10 rounds.
In the first round, Panthen, the aggressor, did well, but suffered a cut on the head from a clash of heads. In the second through sixth rounds, Pettus came back well against Panthen, but not well enough to win the rounds. Both had moments in the eighth round, with Panthen outworking a counter Pettus.
The ninth and tenth rounds went back and forth, with Panthen suffering an abrasion around his left eye at the end.
The referee was Thomas Taylor. Scores 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93.
Super Welter Grant Flores, 8-0 (6), stopped David Lobo Ramirez, 17-4 (12) at 2:59 of the second round of the scheduled six rounds.
In the second round, in the final seconds, Flores punched Ramirez in the nose, dropping him for an 8 count, causing Referee Ivan Guillermo to stop him.
18-year-old Super Light Cayden Griffiths, 3-0 (3), stopped Marc Misiura, 3-7-1 (3) at 1:43 of the second round of four scheduled rounds.
In the second round, Griffiths landed a vicious left to the body and dropped Misiura, who got up to 9, but referee Rudy Baragan waved it off.
Bantamweight southpaw Jordan ‘Brazen Bull’ Fuentes, 3-0 (0) defeated Brandon ‘URIEL’ Badillo, 0-3-1 (0) in four rounds.
In the first two rounds, the southpaw Fuentes faced the aggressive Badillo. In the third round, d Fuentes dropped Badillo with a right hook on the chin in the last fifteen seconds for an 8 count by referee Ivan Guillermo.
All scores were 40-35, 40-35 and 40-35.
The Ring Announcer was Joe Martinez
