The Friday Telefutura Solo-Boxeo card from Cicero, Illinois showcased Mexican favorites Orlando Salido and Miguel Huertas who quickly rewarded the paying clientele with mutual power displays while scoring respective TKO wins.

Show opens with lightweights; Huerta a transplanted Mexican now calling California home facing Puerto Rican native Daniel Alicea.

Huerta usually works from the port side, answers this one from the orthodox stance, and it pays dividends against 35 years young in body Alicea that arrives off loss to Edner Cherry.

The surprise, likely tactical in nature, worked to the letter - Huerta grabs the opening stanza with effective power left hooks to the head - Alicea counters late in round with right hand of his own.

Stanza two entertaining - it’s Huerta with the edge, although Alicea picking up the tempo - then round three and a surprising finis at 2:05 seconds mark with Huerta administering the “anestesista.”

Alicea visibly in trouble early in the round and holding - tries returning fire before a Huertas power left hook to the body returns him to a defensive mode - referee in charge Geno Rodriguez then steps in to call a halt.

Post Scripts: Miguel Huertas (26-8-1, 18 KO) ~ age 28, and rated #8 among the WBC listing - solid pro deserving of main event role at small club venues. The switch from port to starboard added touch of polish as he mixed the offense from body to head.
                    Daniel Alicea (30-7-2, 22 KO) ~ age 35 - rap sheet hints of premature rush to the lions den - villains with surnames (Naseem) Hamed, (Lamar) Murphy, (Acelino) Freitas, (Nate) Campbell.
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 The main event  featuring IBF #3 ranked featherweight Orlando Salido did the expected in what was billed “IBF Eliminator” when halting unranked age 35 veteran Hector Avila in stanza six of a serious mismatch.

Following round five it's all Salido to the tune of 4-1 in rounds and 39-36 in points - handwriting had surfaced during stanza four - both loading up with right hands with Salido getting there first - Avila down in delayed reaction.

Matters get worst for Avila with serious cut over left eye in round five - house quack lets it continue - then numero six - Salido drops the curtain with picture perfect three-punch-combination that went left hook-right hand-left hook. 

Enters books as TKO 1:57 of stanza six.

Post Scripts: Orlando Salido (29-9-2, 19 KO) ~ age 28 - briefly held IBF bauble - a win over current champion Robert Guerrero - failed post-fight drug test and bout was later called NC. Makes for interesting replay with this impressive win last night.
                     Hector Avila (41-4, 38 KO) ~ age 35 - arrives for this “eliminator” as unranked entity - and it showed. More a Salido showcase than top two qualifiers.  

Closing comments: Main event referee Pete Podgorski finishes preflight instructions with “touch them up and come out banging” - just another house quack suspected of need for wearing 16oz mittens to bed each night.
Geno Rodriguez - still in need of pencil, paper and seat at ring apron.