Orlando Cruz inched closer to a world title shot with a sixth round stoppage over Aalan Martinez in a scheduled ten round Featherweight bout in Kissimmee, Florida
Cruz dropped Martinez in round one from a short right hook. Cruz dropped Martinez in round four and in round five from a hard uppercut. Cruz scored his fourth and final knockdown in round six from a hard straight left hand and Martinez was down for the ten count.
Cruz, 126 1/2 lbs maybe in line to take on Mikey Garcia and is now 20-2-1 with 10 knockouts. Martinez, 126 lbs is now 14-2-1.
Luis Olivares scored a second round stoppage over Victor Vegas in a scheduled four round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Olivares scored two knockdowns with the finisher coming from a body shot and the bout was waved off at 1:07 of round one.
Olivares, 140 1/2 lbs is 2-0 with 2 knockouts. Vega, 141 1/4 lbs is now 0-2