PHILADELPHIA–In what was billed as a Homecoming, undefeated and WBO number-one ranked Welterweight Mike Jones made it a short one as he disposed of Raul Munoz in round two of a scheduled ten round Welterweight bout at the Asylum Arena.
After a more of a feel out first round, Jones started pumping his jab and working the body. Jones landed a couple of body shots and landed a booming right hand that sent Munoz sprawling on the canvas. He could not beat the count of referee Gary Rosato and the fight was over at 2:29 of round two.
Jones, 146 lbs of Philadelphia will now look for major bout in the fall with his knees.h a record of 25-0 with nineteen knockouts. Munoz, 149 lbs of Topeka, KS is now 21-14-1.
In the co-feature, Glen Tapia was very solid in winning every round from Taronze Washington in a six round Jr. Middleweight bout.
Tapia, who has been getting world wide acclaim for his gym work with Manny Pacquiao has been slowly improving as the twenty-one year old was very aggressive in his attack. Washington, who is a battle tested veteran and has been in with many top contenders on their way up provided Tapia with the experience that he needed at this point of his career.
Tapia, 152 ½ lbs of Passaic, NJ won by scores of 60-54 on all cards to remain perfect at 10-0. Washington, 151 ½ lbs of Dallas, TX is now 14-16.
In an entertaining six round Welterweight bout, Yordenis Ugas scored a six round unanimous decision over Kenny Abril.
Ugas showed the solid boxing skills early that many of the Cuban’s country mates. Round four was a fantastic round, mostly for Ugas as he landed an incredible barrage that finally sent Abril. That seemed to have woken Abril up as he not only did he survive the round but he landed a big flurry that had the standing room only crowd on their feet as the round concluded.
Ugas settled down and was able to box well over the final six minutes to solidify the victory by scores of 60-53; 59-55 and 59-54.
Ugas, 144 lbs of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba is now 8-0. Abril, 143 ½ lbs of Rochester, NY is now 11-4-1.
In the opening bout, Mike Oliver locked up a world title shot with a six round unanimous decision over veteran trial horse Felipe Almanza.
The difference in the fight was the speed of Oliver who lead and countered while Almanza won a couple of rounds featuring straight rights down the middle.
Oliver, 121 ½ lbs of Hartford, CT won by scores of 58-56 on all cards to raise his record to 25-2. Almanza, 121 lbs of Lorica, Colombia is now 19-24-3.
Oliver will now challenge Orlando Salido on July 23rd for the Featherweight championship in Mexico.
Phillip McCants scored a lackluster six round majority decision over Kaseem Wilson in a Welterweight bout.
In between a lack of action and holding, McCants tried to force some action by landing some “Pitter Patter” body shots which was more then Wilson could accomplish
Scores were 58-56 on two cards while the third judge saw the fight 57-57.
McCants, 150 ½ lbs of Philadelphia is now 9-2-1. Wilson, 148 ½ lbs of Philadelphia is now 12-3-1.
Miguel Catragena gained his first knockout by scoring second round stoppage over Jaime Gonzalez in a Bantamweight bout scheduled for four rounds.
Cartagena was a couple classes above Gonzalez and was able to showboat while dropping Gonzalez twice and the fight was stopped forty-nine seconds into round two.
Cartagena, 117 lbs of Philadelphia is now 2-0 with one knockout. Gonzalez, 118 lbs of Aguada, Puerto Rico is now 0-2.
In a scary moment, Osnel Charles scored his first career knockout with a vicious stoppage over Anthony Flores in the opening frame of a scheduled six round Jr. Lightweight bout.
Charles rocked Flores with a left hook and about a minute later a booming overhand right sent Flores plummeting to the canvas and the fight was stopped immediately.
Flores lay on the canvas for approximately seven minutes and a oxygen masked was applied. After several minutes, Flores slowly was able to sit on the stool and leave the ring.
Charles, 131 lbs of Atlantic City, NJ is now 9-2 with one knockout. Flores, 131 ½ lbs of Philadelphia is now 9-4-1.
In the walkout bout, Jose Rivera and Angel Cruz fought to a six round draw in a Super Flyweight bout.
Scores were 57-57 on all cards. Rivera, 114 lbs of New Rochelle, NY is now 3-2-2. Cruz, 116 lbs of Juana Dia, Puerto Rico is now 5-1-1.
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