Glen Tapia scored a fifth round stoppage over Elco Garcia in a scheduled ten round Middleweight bout at Ballys Atlantic City.
Tapia dominated the action and began to pummel Garcia with hard shots in round five before dropping just before the end of the round. Garcia staggered to his feet but referee Benji Esteves stopped the bout at 2:59 of round five.
Tapia, 155 1/2 lbs of Passaic, NJ is now 20-0 with 12 knockouts. Garcia, 155 1/2 lbs of Colorado is now 27-9.
David Gonzales remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over Ray Velez in a Welterweight fight.
Scores were 39-37 on all cards for Gonzales, 142 lbs of Philadelphia and is now 3-0. Velez, 141 lbs of Brooklyn, NY is now 3-4.
Julian Rodriguez made a short yet successful pro debut as he needed just 51 seconds to knockout Kevin Benson in scheduled four round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Rodriguez landed right to the head that stunned Benson and then followed up with two hard blows that sent him crumpled for referee Steve Smoger’s ten count.
Rodriguez, 140 lbs of Hasbrook Heights, NJ is 1-0 with one knockouts. Benson 139 1/2 lbs of Omaha, NE 1-2.