Another night at the Nokia Center downtown Los Angeles brings us another installment of Golden Boy’s Fight Night Club! With the music blaring and the crowd hyped up, the card was packed with 8 fights including 2 amateur bouts.
The first bout was a junior welter fight featuring Devo Donaldson of Hollywood and Osman Rivera of Pasadena. The action was saved for the second round as Donaldson was knocked down twice. On the second knockdown, the referee stopped the bout and Rivera was the victor.
The second bout was also in he 140 weight class. Out of Maywood, CA Sergio Nunez battled Joaquin Chavez out of nearby Commerce, CA. As to be expected these bys came out swinging and showed little to no defense. The third and final round had two knockdowns before going the distance. The winner was Sergio Nunez.
In the first professional bout of the evening, Bastie Samir (3-0, 3KO’s) of Ghana met Jacob Alvarez (0-1) of Victor Valley, CA. Bastie was like a bully, following Alvarez around the ring and landing meaningful power punches! The bout was stopped at end of the first round much to Mr. Alvarez’s delight
The next bout was a four round, welterweight bout pitting Stephen Rubalcava (0-1) against Salvador Rios who was making his pro debut. Rios worked his jab often while mixing in many body shots. It was only a matter of time before Rubalcava would have to succumb to the constant pressure but the referee stopped the fight midway through giving Rios a TKO victory in his first fight.
The next bout was another welterweight bout; undefeated Antonio Orozco (7-0, 5KO’s) was meeting the more experienced Humberto Tapia (15-14-1, 8KO’s). This fight was close and had tons of action with both guys in each others kitchen all fight. By the end of the fourth round it was anyone’s guessas to who was winning but in the fifth round Orozco seemed to take a slight lead as he began to double up his jab. And the scorecards were the same on all three cards, 60-54, to the winner Oroxco.
In our next fight, Johnathon Bobadillo met Juan Figueroa in a battle of junior welterweight fighters. Both fighting in front of a hometown crowd, these guys were looking to leave a lasting impression but both guys looked like amateurs, swinging wildly and missing. In a battle between two soda cans, how do you pick which one was less of a dud? Well the judges did…the scores were 39-36, 39-36, 38-37 all for Bobadilla who improves to 5-3.
In the main event of the night, local fave and undefeated Ronny Rios (11-0, 5KO’s) met Leivi Brea of Miami, FL (17-8-3. 9KO’s). The first was a feeling out round, both fighters were overly cautious but I would give the edge to Brea. Rios became more aggressive in the second, perhaps too aggressive as he dropped Brea from a low blow (by corcelli). Something lit a fire under these guys as the both came out swinging in the third. Both guys landed big shots. The fourth ended controversially…after a flash knockdown by Rios, a second knockdown came moments later but Brea tried to claim that it was from a low blow. While on the canvas complaining, Brea was counted out at 2:59 of the round.
In the final bout, Armando Dorantes of LA met Sergio De La Torre of Escandido, CA. With a very quick left hook, Dorantes dropped Torre in what seemed to be a flash knockdown. Seconds later Dorantes dropped him and the ref waved the bout off at 1:06 of the first. Dorantes is now 8-2 with 2KO’s.
