Oswaldo “Pitufo” Molina (10-0, 4 KOs) defeated Pablo Rubio Jr. (15-1, 5 KOs) by six-round unanimous determination in a light-weight contest. The judges scored it 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55. Little separated them in the course of the opening two rounds as each fighters struggled to take agency management.
Molina landed a pointy mixture simply earlier than the second-round bell and commenced dictating the motion from there. His cleaner punches and managed boxing allowed him to say many of the remaining rounds. Rubio produced his greatest work within the sixth however wanted much more after falling behind.
The 19-year-old Molina handed Rubio his first skilled defeat with a disciplined efficiency in opposition to the extra skilled fighter.
Tremendous middleweight Abel Gonzalez (9-0, 6 KOs) defeated Raul Salomon (16-5-1, 14 KOs) by an eight-round unanimous determination.
All three judges scored the battle 77-74 for Gonzalez. Salomon delivered an early shock by dropping the closely favored prospect within the opening spherical.
Gonzalez recovered, settled into his boxing and answered with cleaner, extra constant work. Salomon remained harmful however couldn’t maintain sufficient strain to regain management after his quick begin.
Six of the ultimate seven rounds have been gained by Gonzalez for him to outlive the sternest take a look at of his younger profession.
Vlad Panin (25-2, 17 KOs) stopped Dakota Linger (17-8-3, 13 KOs) at 1:22 of the fourth spherical of their junior middleweight bout. Panin damage Linger to the physique within the opening spherical and unloaded a barrage after driving him right into a nook.
Linger survived, however the ringside physician stated he would preserve a detailed eye on him following the punishment. Panin used his five-inch peak benefit and continued elevating his punch output by means of the second and third rounds.
Two extra physique photographs backed Linger to the ropes within the fourth, the place one other heavy mixture pressured referee Thomas Taylor to cease the battle. The victory gave Panin his fourth consecutive knockout and his second win below the Zuffa Boxing banner.
Alexis Rocha (27-2-1, 16 KOs) defeated Jose Carlos Ramirez (29-4, 18 KOs) by unanimous determination of their 10-round welterweight bout.
The judges scored it 98-91, 98-91 and 97-92, although the aggressive motion seemed a lot nearer than these totals recommend. Rocha labored behind his southpaw jab and motion, whereas Ramirez pressed ahead and landed sufficient laborious punches to contest many rounds.
A ninth-round knockdown gave Rocha an important 10-8 spherical and produced a lot of the separation on the official playing cards.
Some unofficial scorers had Ramirez narrowly profitable earlier than the knockdown, making the 2 98-91 playing cards particularly tough to just accept.
Rocha collected the largest identify of his profession as Ramirez misplaced his third straight battle and his first at welterweight.
Sean Garcia (8-1-1, 2 KOs) defeated Abraham Morales (4-2, 2 KOs) by six-round majority determination in Saturday’s light-weight preliminary bout at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.The scores have been 58-54, 58-54 and 56-56.
Garcia used his five-inch peak benefit, longer attain and southpaw stance to regulate a lot of the motion. Morales stayed aggressive sufficient to earn a fair card, however he struggled to beat Garcia’s vary on the opposite two. The win was Garcia’s first battle since his July 2024 knockout loss to Amado Vargas.
