Lopez stops Martinez in five

Josesito Lopez scored a 5th round stoppage over Aron Martinez in a scheduled 10-round Welterweight bout at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California.

Lopez cut Martinez over the left eye in the 2nd round. In round five, Lopez landed a body shot and Martinez seemed to turn his back then referee Jack Reiss stopped the bout at 1:19 of round five.

Lopez, 146 1/2 lbs of Riverside, CA is now 32-6 with 19 knockouts. Martinez, 146 3/4 lbs is 19-3-1.

Thomas Williams remained undefeated with a 3rd round stoppage over former world title challenger in a scheduled 10-round Light Heavyweight bout.

Williams dropped Ornelas in round two from a straight left. He finished the fight in the next round from a huge combination that sent Ornelas down and the from a big combination and the fight was stopped at 2:40.

Williams, 174.1 lbs of Washington, DC is now 17-0 with 12 knockouts. Ornelas, 174.4 lbs is now 34-9.

Said Williams after the fight, “I wanted to take my time, he’s an experienced veteran. He made a couple mistakes and I was able to capitalize on them. Hopefully I continue to move up in the rankings towards a title opportunity.”

Immanuel Aleem scored a 2nd round stoppage over Mike Noriega in a scheduled 6-round Super Middleweight bout.

Aleem dropped Noriega with a counter left hook in round two and the bout was stopped at 2:04 of round two.

Aleem, 160 3/4 lbs is now 8-0 with 4 knockouts. Noriega, 161 1/4 lbs is now 4-3.