Former world title challenger Ruben Villa returned from a 16-month layoff to look impressive in stopping Horacio Garcia in round nine of their 10-round featherweight bout at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California.

In round one, Garcia was cut over his left eye. Villa looked sharp in landing crisp three and four-punch combinations for which Garcia had no answer for. Villa did not look like he took any time off as he continued to break down and bloody Garcia more and more as the rounds went by.

Finally in round nine, Villa landed hard combinations that forced referee Raul Caiz Jr. to stop the bout at 1:12.

Villa, 126.4 lbs of Salinas, CA is now 19-1 with six knockouts. Garcia, 126.8 lbs of Guadalajara, MEX is 35-6-1.

In a rematch, Richard Brewart Jr. won a six-round unanimous decision over Antonio Duarte.

Brewart, 161.3 lbs of Rancho Cucamonga, CA won by scores of 60-54 on all cards and is now 11-0. Duarte, 161 lbs of Tijuana, MEX is 2-3.

This was a rematch of June 14, 2019 bout at the same venue where Brewart won by similar scores of 60-54 twice and 59-55.

Pedro Valencia shook off a first-round knockdown to win a six-round unanimous decision over Edgar Palacios in a battle of undefeated lightweights

In round one, Palacios dropped Valencia with a big straight left. Valencia was able to battle back and dominate the final two rounds and win by scores of 57-56 on all cards.

Valencia, 137.8 lbs of Pocoima, CA is 9-0. Palacios, 136.6 lbs of La Paz, MEX is 3-1.

Esteban Munoz stopped Kenny Williams after round three of their six-round welterweight bout.

In round three, Munoz and Williams clashed heads and Williams started to bleed around the right eye. In between rounds, the fight was halted by the corner.

Munoz, 145 lbs of San Bernardino, CA is 6-1 with three knockouts. Williams, 148.1 lbs of San Antonio, TX is 4-7-1.

Nelson Oliva stopped Manuel Martinez in the opening round of their four-round super welterweight bout.

In round one, Oliva dropped Martinez with a left hand. Seconds later, it was another left hand that sent Martinez down for second time and the fight was stopped at 1:42,

Oliva, 157 lbs of Riverside, CA is 2-0 with two knockouts. Martinez, 158 lbs of Tijuana, MEX is 6-6-4.

Alejandro Barajas made a successful pro debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Ulises Rosales in a bantamweight fight.

Barajas, 117.4 lbs of Los Angeles, CA won by scores of 40-36 on all cards and is now 1-0. Rosales, 117.8 lbs of Tijuana, MEX is 0-6.

Giovani Santillan took out Wilfredo Buelvas in round two of a scheduled eight-round welterweight bout in the headline bout at the Doubletree in Ontario, California

In round two, Santillan scored a hard knockdown when he landed a big right-left combination. Seconds later, it was another massive right-left combination that sent Buelvas down and out at 2:31.

Santillan, 146.2 lbs of San Diego, California is now 25-0 with 15 knockouts. Buelvas, 147 lbs of Colombia is 20-13.

“In the first round I was trying to get my timing right,” Santillan said. “Thirty seconds into the second round, I knew I had him so I pressed him. After the second knockdown I knew he wasn’t going to get up.”

“I’m punching a lot harder at this weight,” said Santillan, a native of San Diego, Calif. “I felt my punches were a little too wide in that first round so I tried to tighten them up. I felt a lot more comfortable in the second and I was able to time Buelvas and anticipate which way he would be leaning. I saw the opening and I took it.”

Roberto Torres took out Eduardo Leonel Rodriguez in the 1st round of their scheduled eight-round junior welterweight fight.

Torres rocked and dropped Rodriguez with a hard right that was riled a slip. Torres then landed wicked right that was followed by two hard shots, and the bout was stopped at 2:53.

Torres, 136.2 lbs of South Central Los Angeles is 11-0 with nine knockouts. Rodriguez, 137 of Mexico is 8-2-1/

Roberto Meza won an eight-round majority decision over Alberto Torres in a featherweight contest.

Meza, 127 lbs of Temecula, CA won by scores of 78-74 twice and is now 13-2-1. Torres, 124.9 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 11-3-3.

Jose Sanchez stopped Brandon Jimenez in round two of their scheduled six-round featherweight bout.

Sanchez battered Jimenez on the ropes until the fight was stopped at

Sanchez, 124.8 lbs of Cathedral City, CA is 5-0 with four knockouts. Jimenez, 123.7 lbs of Mexico is 5-1.

Saul Bustos remained undefeated by stopping Antonio Duarte after round three of a scheduled six-round super lightweight bout.

Bustos of South El Monte, CA is now 11-0-1 with six knockouts. Duarte is 2-2.

Angel Ruiz stopped Miguel Zamudio in the 1st round of their scheduled eight-round welterweight at The Doubletree in Ontario, California.

Ruiz landed a huge left that drove Zamudio to the ropes. Ruiz followed up with four crushing shots that forced the referee to stop the bout at 1:37.

Ruiz, 146.4 lbs of Maywood, CA is 14-0 with 11 knockouts. Zamudio, 147 lbs of Los Mochis, MEX is 43-13-1.

“I did what I came here to do,” said Ruiz, who was born in Mexico, but lives in Los Angeles. “I’m just happy I was able to finish this early and give the fans something to talk about.”

“My jab opens up a lot of angles,” Ruiz said. “I caught him with that left and it was over after that.”

In a battle of undefeated junior middleweights, Richard Brewart Jr. won a six-round unanimous decision over Antonio Duarte.

Brewart, 153 lbs of Rancho Cucamonga, CA won by scores of 60-54 twice and 59-55 to go to 6-0. Duarte, 153.2 lbs of Tijuana, MEX is 2-1.

Mario Hernandez won a six-round unanimous decision over Victor Trejo Garcia in a super flyweight bout.

Hernandez had to survive a 5th round knockdown, but still won by scores of 59-54 twice and 57-56.

Hernandez, 116.4 lbs of Santa Ana, CA is now 9-1-1. Garcia, 116.2 lbs of Mexico is 16-12-1.

Despite being dropped in the opening seconds, Oscar Torrez remained undefeated by stopping Allen Ruiz in round three of a scheduled four-round heavyweight fight.

Ruiz scored a stunning knockdown just seconds into the fight as he landed a left hook. In round two, it was a left from Torrez that dropped Ruiz. Moments later it was a left to the body that sent Ruiz down for a 2nd time.

In round three, Torrez landed a hard right that sent Ruiz down for the ten-count at

Torrez , 216,7 lbs is 6-0 with three knockouts. Ruiz, 255 lbs of Baja, California, MEX is 0-2.

Jose Tito Sanchez remained undefeated with a four-round unanimous decision over Pedro Melo in a junior lightweight bout.

Sanchez, 131.6 lbs of Indio, CA won on all cards by 40-36 scores and is now 3-0. Melo, 131.4 lbs of Mexico is 17-21-1.