Thompson Boxing Promotions presented another exciting night of Boxing on Monday night from the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California. In the main event, welterweight Michael Santos edged out a narrow unanimous decision victory over previously unbeaten Avelino Chavez. For Santos of Los Angeles, this was his second crack at the WBC youth welterweight championship, and it didn't come easy against Chavez of Las Vegas. Most of the fight was fought at close quarters, and Santos seemed to be able to land just a tad more effectively, but in really it was a fight that could have gone either way.

     The first round was a feeling out round, but Santos was able to land a good left hook to the body, and a good left uppercut to take the round. Chavez had trouble finding Santos in round 2. Santos showed good head and foot movement, and was able to avoid nearly everything Chavez threw. Santos was then able to pick his spots and land here and there. In round three, the technical aspect went out the window, as both fighters got in close and started to throw toe to toe. As both worked inside, both were able to do good bodywork in what turned out to be a very close round. Round four was more of the same as the two went at it toe to toe, even head to head. Midway into the round Santos landed a hard uppercut which rocked Chavez back. As the two fought inside they ended up clashing heads twice, and this seemed to temporarily discourage the inside action.

    Round five was more like the opening two rounds. Santos fought from the outside and got caught a couple of times by Chavez potshots as he tried to get inside. Santos came back later in the round and landed a solid counter overhand right. A very tough round to score. Round six opened with both fighters staying away, but midway into the round the fight returned to close quarters. Chavez was able to land, but never able to land in bunches, just one at a time. The seventh round was solid for Chavez, as he was able to do good work while inside, mostly to the body. The final two rounds seemed to be the best of the fight. Santos opened up round nine by going to the body well. Later in the round they got onto the ropes, and started hacking away at each other, but Santos seemed to get a little better of the exchanges.

    The tenth round was another close round. Chavez came out strong landing a solid jab, and a couple of good left hooks. Santos came back with some good leading shots. The fight went to the scorecards, and all three judges had the fight 96-94 in favor of Santos. BRC also agreed with the 96-94 decision. Santos wins the WBC youth welterweight title and improves to 12-2 overall. Chavez falls to 13-1 with the loss.

    The co-feature was an exciting six round lightweight bout between Shaun Plessis and Juan Carlos Martinez. Plessis of Sparow, British Columbia is trained by Hall of Famer Jessie Reid, and came into the fight with a 9-2 record, but had lost his last two fights. Martinez only had a record of 11-24, but has a reputation as a tough fighter, and his awkward style can give some guys fits. The opening round was a good round for Martinez, as his awkward style did give Plessis some trouble. Martinez was able to land a number of left hooks, and was able to land a number of awkward looking overhand rights. Plessis ended the round strong though as he got Martinez on the ropes and pounded away. Plessis came back strong and was able to stun Martinez with an uppercut. The remaining rounds were pretty close, but Plessis seemed to have the upperhand. Martinez was able to land his wide ranging shots, but Plessis started to figure them out a little better, and land some good shots of his own.

    As usual Martinez gave his opponent a very tough fight, but also came up on the short end of the stick. The fight went to the cards, and Plessis won a unanimous decision, 57-56, 58-55, 58-55. A hard fought win for Plessis, who snaps his two fight losing streak and improves to 10-2, while Martinez falls to 11-25. There were four other bouts on the Thompson Boxing, "Last Man Standing" card.

    In a four round super featherweight bout, highly touted prospect Dominic Salcido of Rialto, California defeated Alejandro Tito Ramirez by a shutout unanimous decision. Salcido known for his power, (four KOs in five fights) showed he has solid boxing skills to go along with his power against the game Ramirez. Salcido looked dominating early on, and showed excellent patience. Salcido was able to land effective combinations. Most importantly Salcido was landing a solid jab which was keeping Ramirez from mounting any offense, and discouraging Ramirez anytime he tried to get inside. In the last two rounds Salcido was still sharp, but slipped up at times, getting lazy with his jab, and allowing Ramirez to get inside and land. But, Salcido was still able to take the final rounds.Salcido landed a hard overhand right to end round three. In the final round Salcido was able to land a number of solid uppercuts, showing his whole arsenal. Salcido won a shutout unanimous decision and improved to 6-0, while Ramirez of Las Vegas fell to 8-7-1.

    In other action, Timothy Ray Bradley continued his winning ways and continued to impress with another 1st round KO. Bradley of Palm Springs, California had to wait for five minutes as his opponent Carlos Javier Parra of Los Angeles had the wrong gloves, and had to change the gloves. When the fight started Bradley went to work. Bradley took a good overhand right from Parra, and it was almost as if it made him mad as he went at Parra. Not much later Bradley landed a perfect liver shot which sent Parra's mouthpiece flying out, and Parra sprawling down to the mat in pain. Parra could not beat the count, and Bradley had his second consecutive 1st round knockout. Bradley scored the KO at 1:59 of the opening round. With the win Bradley improves to 4-0 with 3 KOs, while Parra falls to 1-3-1.

     There were two other fights from the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California on Monday night. In a four round super featherweight bout, Damon Murillo of Pacoima, California edged out a majority decision victory over Hector De la Cruz of Mira Loma, California. A good action fight, Murillo was able to stay outside and use his reach to his advantage. De la Cruz was able to do good work to the body, while Murillo was able to find a consistent home for his overhand right. Murillo improved to 1-1, while De la Cruz fell to 0-2-1.

    In a four round heavyweight attraction between fighters making their pro debuts, Israel Spencer of Ventura, California made quick work of Christopher Valente of San Diego with a 1st round KO at 1:55. Valente came in out of shape, and Spencer took advantage of it. Spencer landed a hard overhand right, which sent Valente's mouthpiece flying across the ring, and Valente crashing to the floor. Valente attempted to beat the count, but his legs wouldn't let him. A hard 1st round KO for Israel Spencer in his pro debut.
 
     This wrapped up another exciting night of Boxing from the Doubletree hotel in Ontario, California. The "Last Man Standing" card was promoted by Thompson Boxing promotions. Thompson's next card will be April 25th, also from the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario. It was announced that the main event will be very exciting lightweight Jose Lopez taking on Gilberto Sanchez for the WBC intercontinental title. Lopez is the first ever boxer signed by the Thompson Boxing promotions banner, and one of the most exciting fighters in the Southern California area. For tickets to this event you can call 714 935 0900.