Khalil Coe avenged his only professional loss as he stopped Manuel Gallegos in round six of their 10-round light heavyweight bout in Guadalajara, Mexico.
In round one, Gallegos began to bleed from his nose after Coe landed a stiff jab. Coe continued to land hard shots, mostly jabs, the systematically busted up the face of Gallegos. The damage built up to the point where the corner of Gallegos pulled their man out of the fight one second into the sixth round.
Coe, 173 lbs of Jersey City, NJ is now 10-1-1 with eight knockouts. Gallegos, 173 lbs of Sinaloa, MEX is 21-3-1.
Coe suffered his only pro loss in November when Gallegos stopped him in nine rounds in Philadelphia.
Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela won a 10-round unanimous decision over Manuel Medina in a super lightweight contest.
Valenzuela, 141 lbs of Guadalajara, MEX is 31-4-1. Medina, 141 lbs of Jalisco, MEX is 7-4-3.
Murodjon Akhmadaliev tuned up for a fall date with Nayoya Inoue with an eighth round stoppage over Luis Castillo in a 10-round super bantamweight bout.
In round five, Akhmadaliev landed a hard left to the body that put Castillo down before the bell sounded to end the frame.
Round six saw Akhmadaliev land a short right that put Castillo down for a second time. In round eight, Akhamadaliv started to beat up and bloody the nose of Castillo and the fight was stopped at 2:05.
Akhmadaliev, 122 lbs of Chust, UZB is 14-1 with 11 knockous. Castillo, 120 lbs of Jquipilco, MEX is 31-7.
Former world champion Adrian Curiel won a 10-round unanimous decision over Johan Rubio in a super flyweight bout.
Curiel, 119 lbs of Mexico City is 26-6-1. Rubio, 115 lbs of Guadalajara is 8-3-2.
