Main Events and Telefutura brought boxing back to New Jersey Friday night with action from the Rex Plex in Elizabeth. This is the second card in the last couple months with Main Events and Telefutura featuring Tiger Martinez and the quickly rising Freddie Cadena. At the last show Cadena’s fight didn't happen, but they still had a strong co-feature featuring Rocky Juarez. For the most part these have been very competitive events, unlike many other small local shows with up and coming talent.

The opener featured local light heavyweight prospect Aneudi Santos, from Queens, New York, (5-0, 3 KO’s), who took on Hilario Guzman of Orlando, Florida, (2-5-3, 1 KO). On paper it looked like a mismatch, but the tough Dominican Guzman traded with and got the better of Santos for most of the fight. Guzman added to the excitement by laughing, talking and even showboating a little. Santos was dropped in round 2 and appeared to be on his way to his first loss. In the fourth and final round Guzman got caught, he was hurt but doing a decent job of surviving; knowing a KO was his only chance of pulling off a win, Santos stayed on Guzman until the referee jumped in at 44 seconds of the last round. Guzman stayed on his feet, but was obviously hurt at the time of the stoppage, and Santos kept his unbeaten record intact.

The second fight featured a heavyweight fight between Tim Grant, from Charleston, South Carolina, 1-0, 1 KO, and New York City's Danny Greene, who was making his pro debut. This one resembled a tough man fight and ended quickly when Grant sent Green to the canvas and his mouthpiece into the seats in round one.

In the co-feature "Fast" Freddie Cadena, from Paterson New Jersey, 13-0, 9 KO’s took on the tough veteran from Philadelphia Mambea Bakari, 12-8-2, 4 KO’s. Cadena, with Oscar Suarez in his corner looked good, showed excellent head movement throughout and was just too "fast" for the much older looking Bakari. Bakari, to his credit, was there for the full 8 rounds and seemed to have a little more left in the last couple rounds; however he just could not contend with the speed. Bakari showed a good chin, as did Cadena late, when he appeared a little tired and decided to trade a bit more than he had done earlier in the fight. At the end of 8 however, there was no doubt that Cadena had taken the fight with his superior boxing skills, winning a unanimous decision, and nearly a shutout on all three officials' cards. From the look of things, Cadena who has now been a pro for over three years and had an outstanding amateur record of 68-4, will be making some noise in the junior welterweight division very soon.

In the main event Tiger Martinez, from Lefrak City in Queens, New York, 19-2, 9 KO’s beat another tough guy in Roque Cassiani, from Los Angeles, California, 21-9, 15 KO’s. Martinez with speed and moves reminiscent of Hector Camacho Sr. outboxed Cassianni to capture the decision win.

The fight was not exactly action packed, as Martinez boxed smart for most of the fight. However, Martinez did try to close the show strong opening up in the final round and looking like he was doing his best to get Cassiani out of there. Martinez, who at 34, has had many layoffs from boxing due to personal problems and injuries, seems on track to get himself back into the junior lightweight division mix.