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The highly tauted Latin Fury card
seemed to lack the fury that was announced during the weeks leading up to the
event.
In the main bout of the night Juan
Manuel Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs)
from Caguas, Puerto Rico nearly ended his knockout streak against Olivier
Lontchi (18-1-2, 8 KOs) in a twelve round title defense.
Lontchi did not go away easily, despite being knocked down in the second and
ninth rounds before quitting in his stool from all the punishment Juanma laid on
him throughout the fight. Lontchi scored with his right hand, at times hitting
JuanMa flush, but he didn’t pack enough power to gain the Puerto Rican’s
respect. JuanMa didn’t show the poise he showed when he took out Gerry Penalosa
in 10 rounds. Lopez seemed anxious and frustrated at times trying to take out
Lontchi early but his opponent, who was also undefeated, was not going out that
easily.
The co-main event signaled the
return of the one they call “Travieso,” three division champ Jorge Arce (52-5-1,
40 KOs) who took on
Filipino Fernando Lumacad
(18-2-2, 7 KOs). Arce, who
was coming back from a loss to Vic Darchinyan, knocked out Lumacad from a right
to the body. Lumacad didn't seem to have any interest in getting up.
Yuri Forman (27-0, 8 KOs)
went three rounds with Cornelius
Bundrage (29-4, 17 KOs)
before being cut in the third round from an accidental head butt. The fight was
ruled a no decision claiming the the cut was too severe for Yuri to continue.
Armenian Vanes Matirosyan (25-0,
16 KOs) outclassed and
punished Andrey Tsurkan (26-5, 17 KOs)
for 6 rounds giving the ringside
doctor a reason to stop the fight. Vanes was just too quick and powerful for
Tsurkan who never got off in the fight.
Former world title challenger
Mario Santiago (20-1-1, 14 KOs) out pointed Gilbert Sanchez-Leon (21-6-2, 7 KOs)
over eight rounds in a featherweight bout. Scores were 78-74, 79-71, 77-74.
The 2008 Russian Olympian
middleweight Matt Korero
(7-0, 6 KOs) scored a first
round knockout against an over matched Benjamin Diaz
(9-3-2, 6 KOs), who
went down twice, first from a jab that barely touched him and later from a left
to the body that he never got up from.
6' 6" cruiserweight Carlos Negron
moved to 3-0, 3 KOs after running over Kenneth George, (9-3-1, 1 KO) in 78
seconds.
Super lightweight Michael Torres,
(12-0, 7 KOs), won every round against Umberto Tapia, (13-10-1, 7 KOs)> Scores
were 60-54 all.
Super lightweight Jeremy Bryan
(11-0, 4 KOs) out-pointed Josh Beeman, (4-3-2, 2 KOs) over six rounds, by scores
of 60-53, 60-54 and 59-55.
~~For more fight reports by
Francisco Guzman please visit
Fight Recaps I
and
Fight Recaps II~~
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