Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, Jr. dropped Juan Carlos Cordones twice in the first round, scoring the stoppage for the WBC FECARBOX Super Welter title on Friday night at the Southwest University Event Center, El Paso, Texas.
In the Main Event, Super Welter Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, Jr., 15-0 (14), stopped Juan Carlos Cordones, 14-5 (9), at 2:58 of the ten rounds for the WBC FECARBOX title.
In the first round, Vargas dropped Cordones with a left on the chin for an 8-count. Midway in the round, again, Vargas hurt Cordones, whose corner threw in the towel, calling a halt.
Referee Robert Mendez
In co-feature Feather, WBC FECARBOX champ Nathan “El Morenito” Rodriguez, 15-0 (10), #126, of Pico Rivers, CA, stopped southpaw Jose “Tsunami” Saant, 15-5-1 (5) in the fourth round of a scheduled ten rounds.
In the first round, the shorter Saant kept the pressure on Rodriguez, who used a countering jab. In the second round, Saant kept backing Rodriguez to the ropes.
In the third round, Rodriguez finally started throwing punches, backing Saant up at times throughout the round. In between rounds, the fight was stopped due to the cut by Referee Rocky Burke.
Light Abel “El Zorro” Mendoza, 41-0 (30), defeated German “El Panteonero” Ivan Meraz, 65-70-3 (41), over six rounds.
In the third round, Meraz looks very awkward to someone with a record of 40-0. In the fifth round, Meraz jumped toward Meraz, trying to land a punch.
In the sixth and final round, Meraz gets away with punches behind the head. Meraz leaped and missed with a left hook. Mendoza lands a flurry of punches in the final seconds.
The Scores were 60-54 and 59-55 twice. The Referee was Rocky Burke.
Super Bantam Santos “Fino” Ortega, 8-0 (3), defeated Roman Garcia, 5-1-1 (3) over 6 interesting rounds.
In the first round, it was all Ortega with looping rights to Garcia’s chin and switching back and forth from orthodox to southpaw. In the second round, Garcia got a cut on his left eyebrow from an Ortega left uppercut.
In the fourth round, Garcia became the aggressor, looping punches with little success.
In the fifth round, Garcia kept the pressure on past Ortega’s jab, forcing him back and taking his first round. The sixth and final round was a close one, with Garcia coming forward and Ortega mostly fighting the southpaw using his jab.
The Scores were 59-55 twice and 60-54.
Light Heavy Dominic Matthew Barry, 4-0 (4), stopped Idress “Grump Bear” Wasi, 1-4 (1), at 2:36 of the 4th and final round.
In the second round, Barry had Wasi hurt with rights to the chin, holding on in the final minute.
In the third round, Referee Rocky Burke took a point from Wasi for holding after several warnings. Barry hurt Wasi several times with rights on the chin.
In the fourth and final round, Wasi spit out his mouthpiece for the third time, causing the stoppage by Referee Burke.
Super Welter Steph Pypers, 1-0 (1), impressed in stopping Ramon Stewart, 0-1 (0), at 1:11 of the first round of a scheduled four rounds.
In the first round Pypers scored 3 knockdowns with right uppercuts and overhand rights, before Referee Robert Mendez lll, waved it off.
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