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Ken Alvarez had to get off the deck and came back to take a six round unanimous decision over Kevin Nieves in a Jr. Welterweight bout.
It was a good back and forth bout as Alvarez controlled the fight but was caught with a huge left hook in round three that sent him to the canvas.
Alvarez, 137 lbs of Toa Alta, PR won by scores of 58-55, 58-55 and 57-56 and is now 5-0-1. Nieves, 136 1/2 lbs pf Puerto Rico is now 6-1.
Angel Acosta remained perfect by scoring a 4th round stoppage over Pedro Ortiz in the final round of their Super Flyweight bout.
Acosta dropped Ortiz three times in the final round and the fight was stopped at 2:29 of round four.
Acosta, 108 1/4 lbs is now 5-0 with 5 knockouts. Ortiz, 106 1/2 lbs is now 2-2-1.
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