Brandon Rios made a statement in the Lightweight division as he pummeled one-time prospect Jorge Teron in round three of a scheduled ten round fight in McAlllen, Texas.
Rios landed heavy power shots over all three rounds as he constantly had Teron backpedaling away from a vicious assualt of hooks to the face. Teron started to bleed from nose in round two as Rios was relentless in his attack. Rios started round three by landing a hard right that backed Teron into the ropes that was follwed by a huge left that sent the mouthpiece of Teron flying out of his mouth. After a brief break to put the mouthpiece in, Rios landed a barrage of punches that made referee Lupe Garcia step in and stop the bout at 1:13 of round three.
Rios, 135 lbs of Oxnard, CA is now 24-0-1 with seventeen knockouts. Teron, 6’0″ 134 1/2 lbs of Bronx, NY took many shots and didn’t go down but is now 23-2-1.
Tomas Villa scored a tenth round disqualification over Juan Ruiz in the final scheduled round of their Featherweight fight.
It was an entertaining battle with both guys giving supreme effort as well as both having moments in the fight. In round ten, Ruiz and Villa were in a clinch and when referee Rafael Ramos tried to break them, Ruiz threw two punches towards Villa and thats when Ramos called a halt to the action at the :18 mark.
Villa is now 21-6-4. Ruiz is 23-6
Jerry Belmontes was cut on the top of his forehead from a first round butt from Morris Chile but Belmontes stuck it out and won a workmanlike unanimous decision in a six round Featherweight bout.
Scores were 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55 for Belmontes, 126 1/2 lbs of Corpus Christie, TX and is now 11-0. Chule, 126 1/2 lbs of Nairobi, Kenya is now 7-9-1.
I’LL DITCH MY 7-YEAR ITCH; SPL CRUNCH NIGHT…(Sport)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) January 26, 2011 Byline: Anthony Haggerty ST JOHNSTONE v MOTHERWELL Tonight, McDiarmid Park, 7.45 STEVEN HAMMELL thought he’d be starting from scratch tonight after curing his seven-year scoring itch against Hibs – until team-mate Jamie Murphy robbed him of the goal.
Defender Hammell believed he’d ended his epic Motherwell drought during Saturday’s 2-1 win when his free-kick seemed to elude everybody and go straight into the net.
However, striker Murphy claimed the deftest of flicks with his head a nd even though the referee credited Hammell with the effort it was eventually awarded to his team-mate.
Hammell, left, confessed he has been ribbed mercilessly about it and revealed his lack of goals in claret and amber is even harder to stomach because he rattled in five at Southend where he spent just 18 months.
“It seems you just put your hand up and claim it these days and you get awarded the goals.
“I’ve watched it back and it’s a hard one. There’s been a bit of banter and my last goal was against Partick seven years ago.
“I scored five in my year and a half away from here so I don’t know what it is about Motherwell. It’s a bit puzzling but I just don’t seem to score.
“In my mind I scored at the weekend though so nobody is taking that one away from me.
“The referee put it in his report that it was my goal but that was probably because during every break of play I was in his ear telling him it was mine.
“I should score more goals but it doesn’t bother me too much. As long as we are defending well and keeping clean sheets that will do for me.” Motherwell travel to McDiarmid Park on SPL duty tonight and gaffer Stuart McCall is aiming to get one over a good pal who made a big impression on him as a rookie during their Ibrox days together.
McCall said: “I have a lot of time for Saints boss Derek McInnes and he is a good friend.
“I kept in touch with him and even went to watch a few players for him down south.
“Derek is a terrific lad who has done well and I am not surprised he has been linked with moves away from St Johnstone. He has settled into management well and he was always a great kid.
Tips “What struck me about Derek when he came to Ibrox was that he never thought he had made it when he arrived at Rangers.
“He never once got carried away with the whole Rangers thing, unlike a lot of youngsters.
“Derek always sought out help and advice and wanted to learn. That has continued throughout his career. I might have to phone him for some tips and see how to beat Rangers in Sunday’s League Cup semi-final.” Before then St Johnstone have to be taken care of and McCall is determined to build momentum with back-to-back wins tonight after securing his first victory as Well gaffer on Saturday.
McCall said: “Beating Hibs was huge for us because I had noticed we had gone 10 weeks without a win at home. see here 7 year itch
“Even though we had won in the cup at Dundee it starts to prey on your mind a bit as you begin slipping down the table so it was a result we needed.
“Hopefully we can kick on from here now.
“We have to aim to be in the top six but there will be a lot of clubs from Kilmarnock right down to Hibs who will fancy their chances of doing the same.
“Every club is chasing that but if we get a result at St Johnstone it would be beneficial in helping us achieve that target.” BET BOX Saints haven’t beaten Motherwell at home since 1998 so expect Stuart McCall’s men to arrive in Perth full of confidence. Well to score first pays 21-20. Mr Fixit CAPTION(S):
WELL CRAFTY: Murphy parties after denying pal Hammell, below, a rare goal
