By Dan Ambrose – 11/02/2024 – Comments
Lightweight contender Raymond Muratalla (22-0, 17 KOs) looked like 24k gold tonight, knocking off Jesus Perez (25-6, 18 KOs) from a two-fight, second-round KO fight in the co-feature at the Turning Stone Resort. Casino in Verona, New York.
Muratalla, 27, was in vintage form tonight, hitting Perez twice with straight left hands that dropped him on his back in the second round.
Perez barely beat the count after the second fall of the round and looked shaky when the action resumed. Muratalla landed several hard punches that staggered Perez, forcing referee Charlie Fitch to step in and stop the fight at 1:24 of the round.
In the first knockdown, Perez walked into a left-right combination from Muratalla that sent him down hard on the canvas back-first. Where Perez made a mistake in getting up and immediately moving forward to throw power shots. Muratalla took advantage of this by dropping Perez a second time with the exact same left-right.
After the fight, Muratalla called out the lightweight champions, saying he was ready for any of them.
Last updated on 02/11/2024
