Michael Perez had to hold on for a 10-round unanimous decision over former Lightweight belt holder Miguel Acosta in an action packed slugfest in a Welterweight bout.
Perez started to bleed from the right eye in round four. Perez came back to rock Acosta in round five with a big left hook that cut him over the right eye.
The two waged war and buckled each other several times with Acosta rocking Perez in the last round.
Perez, 140.8 lbs of Newark, NJ won by scores of 96-93 twice and 95-94 is now 22-1. Acosta, 139.3 lbs of Miranda, VEN is now 29-8-2.
In round seven, Acosta went down from what was ruled a punch but from first glance it did not look like a punch landed.
Lamont Roach remained undefeated with a 4th round stoppage over Herbert Quartey in a scheduled 6-round Lightweight bout.
Roach dropped Quartey in round one from a right to the hook. In round four, Roach drilled Quartey with a hard right that deposited him on the seat of his pants.. A follow up flurry that was finished off by a left hook put Quartey on the canvas as referee Steve Smoger stopped the bout at 2:34
Roach, 131.5 lbs of Washington, DC is now 6-0 with 3 knockouts. Quartey, 133.4 lbs of Silver Spring, MD is now 8-11.
Gilbert Alex Sanchez scored a 6-round unanimous decision over Robert Sweeney in a Jr. Middleweight bout.
In round five, Sanchez landed a perfect left hook that put Sweeney on the canvas.
Sanchez, 153.6 lbs of Camden, NJ won by scores of 58-55 on all cards and is now 5-6-1. Sweeney, 151.4 lbs of Manassas, VA is now 3-2.
Carlos Rosario needed 1 right hand to the shoulder to take out Timothy McNair just 33 seconds into their 4-round Lightweight bout.
Rosario, 132.9 lbs of Pennsauken, NJ is now 2-1 with 1 knockout. McNair, 132.8 lbs of Snow Hill, NC is now 0-3.
