In a battle of former lightweight beltholders, Omar Figueroa won a 12-round unanimous decision over Antonio De Marco in what amounted to a Jr, Middleweight fight at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.
It was an entertaining battle that saw Figueroa land 414 punches to DeMarco’s 208.
Figueroa of Weslaco, TX won by scores of 116-112 twice and 115-113 and is now 26-0-1. DeMarco of Tijuana, MX 31-6.
Chris Arreola escaped with a 12-round split decision over Travis Kauffman in a Heavyweight bout.
Kauffman scored a knockdown in round three when he landed a right t the body that was finished by a combination to the head. Kauffman seemed to control the fight but two judges disagreed by giving Arreola the nod at 114-113, while Kauffman took a card at 114-113.
Arreola is 37-4-1. Kauffman is 30-2.
Victor Ortiz came off a year layoff to stop Gilberto Sanchez-Leon in round right of their scheduled 10-round Welterweight bout.
In round one, Ortiz landed a right uppercut that sent Sanchez-Leon to the canvas. In round three it was a right to the head that sent Sanchez-Leon to the canvas. Seconds later, Sanchez-Leon was docked a point for holding. Ortiz continued to batter Sanchez-Leon and the fight was stopped at 2:57 of round eight.
Ortiz, 150 lbs of Oxnard, CA is 31-5-1 with 24 knockouts. Sanchez-Leon, 150 lbs of Mexicali, MX is 31-15-2.
Mario Barrios scored a 6th round stoppage over Manuel Videz in a scheduled 8-round Super Featherweight bout.
Barrios landed a right uppercut that was followed by a thunderous left hook to the temple that dropped Videz and he could not beat the ten count at 31 seconds.
Barrios of San Antonio, TX is 14-0 with 8 knockouts. Videz of Panama City, PAN is 18-5.
Brandon Figueroa won a 4-round unanimous deicison over Francisco Munro in a Bantamweight bout.
Figueroa won two cards 40-36 and a third card read 39-37.
Gausha dropped El Harrak in round two from a sharp right hand
