Elijah Pierce Decisions Jose Samartin

Elijah Pierce won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jose Samartin in a super bantamweight bout at the OTX Arena in Atlanta.

In round four, Pierce dropped Samartin with a body shot, but was ruled a slip.

Pierce, 122 lbs of Atlanta via Oklahoma City won by scores of 99-91 and 97-93 twice and is now 19-2. Samartin, 121.8 lbs of Barranquilla, COL is 35-9-1.

Brandon Adams punched his way into finals of the OTX Junior Middleweight tournament with a 10-round unanimous decision over Francisco Veron.

In round one, Veron began to bleed from the nose.

Adams, 154 lbs of Watts, CA won by scores of 98-91, 96-93 and 95-94 and is now 25-3. Veron, 153.6 lbs of Buenos Aires, ARG is 14-1-1.

In the first semi-final of the OTX Junior Middleweight Tournament, Andreas Katzourakis won a 10-round split-decision over Robert Terry.

Katzourakis, 154 lbs of Houston via Athens, GRE won by scores of 98-92 twice, while Terry took a card card by a 98-93 score.

Katzourakis is now 14-0. Terry, 152 lbs of Jersey City, NJ is 12-1-1.

Maliek Montgomery stopped former interim world champion Oscar Escandon in round two of their eight-round lightweight bout/

In round two, Montgomery dropped Escandon with a hard combination to the body and the fight was stopped at 1:39.

Montgomery of Macon, GA is 19-0 with 17 knockouts. Escandon of Colombia is 27-8.

Donte Layne remained perfect with his fourth first-round stoppages in as many bouts as he took out Noah Kidd in a four-round super middleweight bout,

In round one, Layne dropped Kidd with a left hook to the jaw and a little right inside and Kidd did not beat the count at 1:52

Layne, 167.2 lbs of New York is 4-0 with four-knockouts. Kidd, 168 lbs is now 8-11.

Gustavo River Rios won a six-round unanimous decision over Carlos Dos Samtos Rocha in a lightweight bout.

In round one, Rocha dropped Rivera with a hard right hand. In round two, River dropped Rocha with a combination that was punctuated by a body shot in the corner.

Rios, 133 lbs of Houston won by scores of 58-54 on all cards and is now 10-1. Rocha, 132.8 lbs of Sao Paulo, BRA is 3-6.




Samartin Decisions Carmona

Jose Samartin won a 10-round unanimous decision over David Carmona in a super bantamweight bout at Foro Viena in Mexico City.

Samartin scored knockdowns in rounds three and five.

Samartin is 32-5-1. Carmona is 22-9-5.

Diego Carmona defeated Edgar Ortega by disqualification in round three of their scheduled 10-round super welterweight bout.

In round three, Ortega hit Carmina with a vicious right behind the head, and Carmona was not abke to continue.

Carmona is now 11-1. Ortega is 20-15.

Axl Rai Miranda stopped Alexis Dejesus Gonzalez in the opening round of their lightweight bout.

Miranda dropped Gonzalez twice with right hands and the fight was stopped.

Miranda is 2-0-1 with two knockouts. Gonzalez is 1-2,

John Lennon Gutierrez stopped Brandon Ortega in round three of their scheduled four-round lightweight bout.

Gutierrez is now 2-0. Ortega was making his pro debut.