![]() ![]() With the win, the 38-year-old Lara, who wasn’t known as a particularly hard puncher, became a title-holder at 160, acquiring the “regular” world title belt from the rack of WBA trinkets. La Manna landed flat on his back and was unconscious before he hit the canvas. Lara (28-3-3, 16 KOs) nailed LaManna (30-5-1) with an overhand left that landed on La Manna’s left ear. In a shameful mismatch, former long-reigning 154-pound title holder Erislandy Lara scored a one-punch knockout over Thomas “Cornflake” La Manna. Molina was making his first start since getting out-pointed by Jose Pedraza at the MGM Bubble this past September. There were no knockdowns, but Molina had a point deducted in round seven for hitting behind the head. In another 154-pound contest, Jesus Ramos, a 20-year-old-southpaw from Casa Grande, AZ, advanced to 16-0 with a lopsided 10-round decision over 2008 Mexican Olympian Javier Molina (22-4). Four of his five losses have come inside the distance. There were no knockdowns and there was still plenty of fight in Cota – albeit he was getting all the worst of it – when the referee waived it off.įundora (17-0-1, 12 KOs) has looked a lot better since he was held to a draw by Jamontay Clark. After a wild first round, things settled down somewhat. In a junior middleweight fight slated for “12,” Sebastian Fundora, boxing’s 6-foot-6 “Towering Inferno,” scored a fourth-round stoppage of Jorge Cota. Omar’s younger brother Brandon Figueroa, who holds a 122-pound title, has a date with Luis Nery here in May. It was only the second pro loss for Figueroa (28-2-1) who was making his first start in 21 months and hadn’t previously been stopped. Ramos, who had fought the stiffer competition, improved to 27-4-2 (21 KOs). In a bout between welterweights who were both coming off a loss to Yordenis Ugas, Abel Ramos dominated Omar Figueroa Jr for six rounds leading Figueroa’s trainer Joel Diaz to pull him out after the sixth. ![]() Ruiz, 34-2 (22) has several options going forward but purportedly there is an agreement in place for him to fight 42-year-old Luis “King Kong” Ortiz next. The judges had it 117-110 and 118-109 twice for the victorious Ruiz, which seemed a bit wide. However, the last nine rounds were comparatively tame and Ruiz pulled away. Ruiz wasn’t hurt, but it appeared that he was in for a long night when Arreola wobbled him with a left hook early in the next frame. Arreola dropped Ruiz in the second round with a short right hand. Arreola, who turned 40 in March, weighed a career-low 228 ½.įor three rounds the fight was outstanding. In his first fight with new trainer Eddy Reynoso, Ruiz, 31, came in at a svelte (for him) 256 pounds, 27 ½ pounds less than he weighed for his rematch with Anthony Joshua. This was something of a “neighborhood bragging rights” fight as both were products of Southern California communities where Spanish is the native tongue of the vast majority of the older residents. Moreover, unlike many big fights, there was no inter-ethnic angle. One would be hard-pressed to name another recent fight that anchored a pay-per-view show where the odds were so lopsided. ![]() Andres “Andy” Ruiz was a 20/1 favorite over former sparring partner Cristobal “Chris” Arreola. ![]()
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