Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. made the second defense of the WBO Jr. Featherweight title with an eleventh round stoppage over former Super Flyweight champion Ivan Hernandez in Kissimmee, Florida.
It was a good battle over the first half of the bout until Vazquez Jr. hurt Hernandez towards the end of the tenth. Sensing that he had his opponent in trouble, Vazquez Jr. came out and landed a barrage of punches to start the eleventh and the fight was stopped fifty seconds into the frame.
Vazquez Jr., 122 lbs of Bayamon, Puerto Rico is now 20-0 with seventten knockouts. Hernandez, 122 lbs of Encinada Baja, Mexico is now 28-5-1.
Raul Casarez scored a ten round split decision over Anthony Greenidge in an entertaining middleweight bout.
Both guys had their moments as the fight was fought at close quarters. Casarez was cut over the eye around round eight.
Scores were 98-92 & 96-94 for Casarez while a third card read 96-94 for Greenidge.
Casarez, 158 lbs of Edinburg, TX is now 16-2. Greenidge, 159 lbs of Orlando, FL is now 14-6-1.
In a wild Bantamweight bout, Hipolito Rivera spoiled the pro debut of Anthony LaPorte Jr., who is the son o former world champion Juan LaPorte by scoring three knockdowns in round three of their scheduled four round bout.
LaPorte was cut bad in round two from a head butt. LaPorte was dropped twice in the opening moments of the third round with the second being more authoritative the then first. LaPorte hen dropped Rivera with a right hand. Seemingly back in the fight, LaPorte was dropped with a big left and referee Tellis Assimenios invoked the three knockdown rule at 2:43 of round three.
Rivera, 126 lbs of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico is 1-2. LaPorte, 126 lbs of New York is 0-1
Former 2008 Olympian, McJoe Arroyo scored a first round stoppage over Israel Rojas in a scheduled six round Bantamweight bout.
Arroyo dropped Rojas with a right hook to the head early in the first. Arroyo finished things with a hard numbing body shot for which referee Tellis Asemenios stopped the fight 2:10 into the fight.
Arroyo, 11 lbs of Fajardo, Puerto Rico is now 6-0 with three knockouts. Rojas, 117 lbs of Sinora, Mexico is 3-3.
Patrick Majewski remained undefeated with a seventh round stoppage over Joseph Gomez in a scheduled eight round Middleweight bout.
Majewski dominated the fght as he worked the body and showed a nice jab. Majewski rocked Gomez in round four with a big left hook. In round seven, Majewski landed a left and a right that hurt Gomez that was follwed up by a flurry of punches for which referee Frank Gentile stopped the bout at 1:50 of round seven.
Majewski, 162 lbs of Atlantic City is now 14-0 with nine knockouts. Gomez, 166 lbs of Aztec, New Mexico is now 17-3-1.
