In what appeared on paper to be a mismatch, undefeated welterweight Orlando Lora (26-0-1 18kos) was given all he could handle from Octavio Narvaez (7-8-1 4kos) whose record was not a good indicator of his fighting prowess. From the start, Narvaez got right into the chest of Lora and began winging shots with both hands. A good number of his shots landed on Lora’s chin causing him to respond with flurries of his own. Throughout these exchanges it was clearly Narvaez who was getting the better of the action as his shots were cleaner and more numerous. As the rounds progressed Lora attempted to get distance between himself and Narvaez with varying degrees of success. Inevitably though, Narvaez would work his way inside and land shots to the head of Lora. After 8 rounds were completed, it seemed as if Narvaez had pulled off the upset as he simply seemed to outland Lora over the course of the fight. When the scores were read, two judges had it 77-75 and the third 78-75 all for Lora. The crowd lustily booed the decision and although not an outright robbery, it did seem that Narvaez deserved the decision.
Every once in awhile, a fight will produce one of those moments that make people say “only in boxing.” A middleweight bout between Michael Oliveira and Francisco Osorio had just one of those moments in an otherwise lackluster fight. The bout itself held no surprises, as Oliveira (with his unblemished record) was able to back Osorio up and land enough right hands to take nearly every round. Osorio would occasionally land a southpaw 1-2 but it was never often enough to make a case for him winning the round. At the end of 6 it appeared the fight was over. Osorio went over to congratulate Oliveira and no one thought much of it as it was listed as a 6 round fight. Then the round card girl came into the ring. There was confusion abound as no one in either fighters corners seemed to know that the fight was supposed to continue. Osorio seemed irate as he was seated in his corner, unable to understand why he had to continue fighting. When the bell rang for round 7 it looked as if Osorio would not come out, yet he eventually stood up and proceeded to give it his all. Oddly enough it was his best round of the fight. After returning to his corner, Osorio made the decision that one extra round was enough and didn’t answer the bell for round 8. In doing so, Oliveira was awarded the TKO victory and improved his record to 9-0 7Kos as. Osorio dropped to 12-7 10kos in what was surely the strangest loss of his career to this point.
In an all action bout, bantamweight Chris Avalos scored a decisive unanimous decision over rugged but limited Robert Daluz. From the onset, it was clear that Avalos was the more technically skilled fighter. His punches were shorter and crisper and his work-rate was nearly double that of Daluz. For the first 3 rounds Avalos battered Daluz around the ring with non-stop flurries for, utilizing left hooks, uppercuts and right hands in an endless string of punches. Despite landing a good number on Daluz’s chin Avalos was unable to hurt him and by round 4, Daluz began to connect with the wild rights and lefts which earlier in the fight were missing badly. The final 4 rounds were exciting due only to the fact that as Avalos’ work rate slowed, Daluz picked up the intensity. Though it was clear that Avalos was still winning the rounds, Daluz certainly made a fight of it and put on a good show in lasting the distance. Scores at the end of 8 were 79-73 (twice) and 80-71 all in favor of Avalos who improves to 13-0 10Kos. Daluz drops to 12-22-3 9Kos.
Middleweight Tyrone Brunson (21-0-1 20Kos) looked sharp as he dismantled Jose Medina (15-16 11Kos) inside of 3 rounds. Each of the first two rounds unfolded in a similar fashion as Brunson continually bounced jab right hand combos off of the head of the onrushing Medina, who could do little more than launch errant left hooks. In round 3 Brunson, moving to his left, snuck in a perfect left hook to Medina’s liver dropping him to a knee. Clearly unable to rise, referee Dick Flarahety reached the count of 10 at 1:31 of round 3 giving Brunson an impressive knockout win.
In the opening bout of the evening, heavyweight Emad Ali smashed the overmatched Kelsey Arnold in less than a round. There was a slight feeling out process between the fighters which ended when Ali landed a series of clubbing right hands high on the head of Arnold, dropping him on all fours. Arnold rose but had the look of a defeated fighter and after a few more chopping rights turned his back and forced ref Joey Lupino to jump in. Ali keeps his undefeated record at 3-0 3Kos while Arnold falls to 1-4-2. Time of the stoppage was 2:39 of round 1.
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