Featherweight contender Antonio Escalante thrilled his home fans as he scored a third round stoppage over Edel Ruiz at the Don Haskins Center in Escalante’s hometwon of El Paso, Texas.
Escalante boxed well and in round three landed a four punch combination that drove Ruiz into the corner and Escalante followed up with a perfect left to the body that dropped Ruiz to his knees. Ruiz beat the count but the referee stopped the bout at 1:52 of round three.
Escalante, 127 1/4 lbs of El Paso is now 23-2 with fifteen knockouts. Ruiz, 126 3/4 lbs of Los Mochis, Mexico is now 31-23-5
Alex Becerra scored a six round unanimous decision over Francisco Dominguez in a Super Bantamweight bout.
Scores were 60-53 on all cards for Becerra, 121 1/2 lbs of El Paso, TX ans is now 20-8. Dominguez, 122 3/4 lbs of Ciudad Juarez, MX is now 8-7.
Cesar Valenzuela remained undefeated with a four round majority decision over Roni Alvarado in a four round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Scores were 38-38 39-37 and 40-36 for Valenzuela, 138 1/3 lbs of El Paso and is now 4-0. Alvarado, 135 lbs of Ciudad, Juarez, MX is now 3-3.
