Jhonny Gonzalez retained the WBC Featherweight title with a second round stoppage over Rogers Mtagwa at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas
The first round was competitive until Gonzalez started working the body of Mtagwa. That set up the second round that saw Gonzalez began to pound away on the challenger with a two fisted assault that had Mtagwa wobbling around the ring. Gonzalez then ripped off a three punch combination that forced the referee to stop the bout at 2:15 round two.
Gonzalez, 125 lbs of Mexico City celebrated his 30th birthday today and notched his second defense of his title and his record now stands at 50-7 with forty-four knockouts. Mtagwa, 124 lbs of Philadelphia falls to 27-15-2
Antonio Escalante took out Pipino Cuevas Jr. in round one of a scheduled ten round Lightweight bout.
Escalante landed a huge flurry of punches and fight was stopped.
Escalante, 137 lbs of Ciudad, MX is now 25-4 with sixteen knockouts. Cuevad, 136 lbs of Ciudad, MX is now 14-8.
Miguel Roman scored a one punch body shot knockout over Antonio Meza in the first round of a scheduled ten round Lightweight bout.
The time was 2:09 of round one for Roman, 135 lbs of Ciudad, MX and is now 36-8 twenty-eight knockouts. Meza, 136 lbs of Mexicali, MX and is 25-11-1.
Former U.S. Olympian Javier Molina remained perfect with a six round unanimous decision over John Revish in a Welterweight bout.
Scores were 60-54; 59-55 and 58-56 for Molina, 148 lbs of Commerce, CA and is now 9-0. Revish is now 10-5-2.
Carlos Villa remained perfect with a first round stoppage over Javier Nunez in a scheduled four round Welterweight bout.
The time was 1:09 of round one for Villa of El Paso, TX is 3-0 with two knockouts. Nunez, 141 1/2 lbs is 0-2
Joel Garcia stayed perfect with a four round unanimous decision over Ricky Lacefield in a Flyweight bout.
Scores were 39-37 on all cards for Garcia who is 3-0. Lacefield is 0-2
