Chris Avalos scored a controversial stoppage over Miguel Flores after round five of their scheduled ten round featherweight bout in Alexandria, Louisiana.
At the end of round three, Flores landed a combination in the corner that forced Avalos to take a knee. In round four, it appeared that the two clashed heads and a bad cut opened up on the left eyelid of Flores. Referee Bruce McDaniels did not see the head clashed and the bout continued until the end of round five, when the fight was stopped sue to excessive bleeding, and Avalos was declared the winner.
Avalos, 125.8 lbs of Lancaster, CA is 27-5 with 20 knockouts. Flores, 125.3 bs of Houston is 21-2.
“I’m disappointed by what happened,” said Flores. “We were winning the fight. Everybody saw what happened. We saw the referee say it was an accidental head butt, but this kind of stuff happens in boxing. They took it away from me.”
“I didn’t get the victory the way I wanted, but I got the win,” said Avalos. “It was a good back and forth action fight. We both had moments where we went after each other and the other guy always came right back.”
“We caught a little bit of a head butt, but I don’t remember any cuts coming from it,” said Avalos. “I didn’t see any blood from the head butt. I saw blood after I threw a right hand.”
“The cut was bothering me and I couldn’t really see out of that eye,” said Flores. “It was just a matter of time until I got the knockout though. I was breaking him down. I’ll learn from it and get better. I definitely want an immediate rematch next.”
“I was proud of what I was able to do and I thought it was a really good fight,” said Avalos. “He’s a good fighter and I’d definitely give him a rematch.”
Ahmed Elbiali remained perfect by stopping late-replacement Christopher Brooker in round two of their scheduled ten-round light heavyweight bout.
Brooker was deducted a point in the first round for hitting behind the head. Elbiali came out strong in round two and landed a massive flurry of power punches in the corner, that sent Brooker down, and the fight was stopped.
Elbiali, 176.7 lbs of Miami is 16-0 with 13 knockouts. Brooker, 174.9 lbs of Philadelphia is 12-4.
Ryan Karl won a eight-round unanimous decision over Carlos Winston Velasquez in a welterweight bout.
Karl, 144.8 lbs of Houston, TX won all cards by 80-72 counts, and is now 14-1. Velasquez, 144.6 lbs of Managua, NIC is 24-30-2.
“I had a decent performance tonight, I was definitely a little sloppy but I’ll have to look at the tape,” said Elbiali. “I still have a lot to learn and plenty of improvements to make. At the end of the day, I got the knockout that I was looking for.”
