NABF and WBO Global champion Raymond ‘Danger’ Muratalla (21-0, 16 KOs) defeated former IBF World Super Featherweight champion Tevin ‘American Idol’ Farmer (33-6-1, 8 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
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The scores for the 27-year-old Muratalla were 95-94, 97-92, and 96-93. Farmer, 33, had a point deducted for holding in round eight.
Muratalla came on late in the fight to dominate a tired Farmer to get the close decision. Farmer was hurt in the tenth round from a right hand from Muratalla.
Featherweight Sulaiman Segawa (17-4-1 (6) defeated Ruben Villa (22-2, 7 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous decision.
The scores were 96-94, 98-92 and 97-93. Villa was stunned several times in the championship rounds by big shots from the better-conditioned Segawa.
Super Featherweight Jonathan ‘LaRoca’ Lopez, 15-0 (11), beat Leonardo ‘Chispita’ Padilla, 23-5-1 (16), defeated by an eight-round decision.
Super Lightweight Charlie Sheehy, 9-0 (5), defeated Ricardo ‘Conejo’ Quiroz, 13-4 (7), over eight rounds.
Featherweight southpaw Javier ‘Lil Red’ Zamarron, 9-0 (4), defeated Mikey ‘El Chamuco’ Bracamontes, 9-2-1 (5), over six rounds.
In the first round, Bracamontes outworked Zamarron. The second round was better for Zamarron through the fourth. In the fifth, it was Bracamontes, and in the sixth and final round, it was back to Zamarron.
The referee was Raul Caiz, Jr., who scored 59-55, as did KH.
Welterweight Art Barrera, Jr., 5-0 (4), defeated Javier ‘Zurdo’ Mrayoral, 6-5-1 (1), over six rounds.
Super Lightweight Israel ‘Bad Ways’ Mercado, 11-1-1 (7), defeated Dondrell ‘Sniper’ Haynes, 8-2 (7), over six rounds.
In the first three rounds, Mercado outlanded Haynes, especially with rights to the chin. In the sixth and final round, Haynes may have won his first round, but not the fight.
The Referee was Robert Hoyle. The scores were 60-54, 59-55 and 59-55.
Super Featherweight Albert ‘Chop Chop’ Gonzalez, 9-0 (5) stopped Conrado Martinez, 9-2 (0), at 1:23 of the sixth and final round.
The first two rounds were all Gonzalez chasing and out-landing Martinez. In the third round, Martinez landed his first effective punch when he rocked Gonzalez with a right uppercut midway through the round.
In the fourth, Gonzalez was back in charge. In the sixth and final round, a flurry of punches, ending with a left to the chin from Gonzalez, dropped Martinez for an 8-count from the Referee. Gonzalez then had Martinez defenseless when Referee Thomas Taylor wisely called a halt.
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