Omar Salcido stopped former interim world champion Chris Champion in round nine of their 10-round lightweight bout at the ProBox Event Center in Plant City, Florida.
Salcido landed the more telling blows throughout the fight. He was able to get through with some hard shots that had Colbert on unsteady legs on a couple of occasions and Colbert held on several times over the second half of the fight. In round nine, Salcido continued to pressure Colbert and Colbert’s corner stopped the bout at 1:02.
Salcido, 136 lbs of Sonora, MEX is 20-1 with 14 knockouts. Colbert, 136.8 lbs suffered his second consecutive stoppage loss as he was stopped by Jose Valenzuela earlier this year. The Brooklyn native falls to 17-3
Tsenbaatar Erdenbat won a 10-round unanimous decision over Frency Fortunato in a junior lightweight bout.
Erdenbat, 130 lbs of Los Angeles won by scores of 100-90 and 98-92 twice and is now 11-0. Fortunato, 129.8 lbs of Santo Domingo, DR is 15-2,
Najee Lopez stopped Ismael Ocles in round three of an eight-round light heavyweight bout.
In round three, Lopez landed a left hook to the river that delayed Ocles falling to a knee for the 10-count at 38 seconds.
Lopez, 176.2 lbs of Atlanta is 12-0 with nine knockouts. Ocles, 173.4 lbs of Quito, ECU is 15-17-2.
David Navarro won a eight-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Mykell Gamble in a featherweight bout.
In round seven, Gamble was deducted a point for his mouthpiece coming out numerous times.
Navarro, 127.2 lbs of Mexico won by scores of 78-73 twice and 77-74 and is now 7-1. Gamble, 128 lbs of Cincinnati is 7-1.
