Jaime Munguia stopped previously unbeaten Erik Bazinyan in the tenth round of an even fight up to that point on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona.
Former WBO junior middleweight champion, now WBC No. 2 ranked and WBC Silver super middleweight champ Munguia (44-1, 35 KOs) defeated WBO #2 and NABF Super 168-lb champ Bazinyan (32-1-1, 23 KOs) at 2:36 of the tenth round of a scheduled 12 rounds.
In the first round, both used their jabs, with Munguia coming forward. A minute into the round, Bazinyan landed right on Munguia’s chin. In the final seconds Munguia landed a right on the chin but it was Bazinyan’s round.
In the second round, more of the same, with Bazinyan countering Munguia. In the third round, the jabbing continued from both. In the final minute, Bazinyan landed a right on the chin. Munguia did enough to take the round.
In the fourth round, Bazinyan’s jab was controlled for the most part, with Munguia looking to land his right with little success. Bazinyan used his jab to keep Munguia from landing any good rights, taking another round in the fifth.
Midway through the sixth, Munguia started landing well. Both continued with Bazinyan using the jab and Munguia throwing power punches. In the seventh round midway point, Munguia landed a flurry of punches. In the final minute, Bazinyan came back well, having a left blocked but a right on the chin.
In the eighth round, at the halfway point, Bazinyan landed a good right on the chin. In the final minute, Munguia outworked Bazinyan, taking the round. It went back and forth in the ninth round, with both landing rights midway. In the final minute, when Munguia seemed out-jabbed, he finished strong.
In the tenth round, Munguia landed left to the chin and landed a chopping right to the head, dropping Bazinyan as referee Thomas Taylor counted him out.
Olympic Silver Medalist and Jr. NABF champion heavyweight southpaw Richard Torrez, Jr. (11-0, 10 KOs) won by DQ over Joey Dawejko (28-12-4, 16 KOs) at 2:02 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight rounds.
In the first round, southpaw Torrez kept using a jab that fell short most of the time. After a minute, he went to the body of Dawejko, who was on the defense blocking most punches. In the second round after a minute Dawejko got in his first solid punch a left to the body. In the final minute, Torrez landed a combination on the chin.
In the third round, Dawejko turned southpaw, and Torrez knocked out his mouthpiece. In the fourth round, Dawejko spit out his mouthpiece, which was deducted a point by Referee Wes Melton.
In the fifth round, Dawejko got a left to the chin. Then, once again, the mouthpiece went out, and referee Melton disqualified Dawejko.
Light welterweight Emiliano Vargas (12-0, 10 KOs) defeated Larry Fryers (13-7-1, 5 KOs) at 1:23 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight rounds.
In the first round’s final seconds, Vargas hurt Fryers with a left on the chin at the bell. In the second round, Fryers showed his heart coming forward, getting countered by Vargas. In the third round, Vargas had Fryers’ nose bleeding out, punching him, taking another round.
In the fourth round, Vargas continued countering the ever-coming forward Fryer, who was hurt near the end.
In the fifth round, a left hook from Vargas went to the body, and on the chin and down went Fryers, as referee Raul Caiz, Jr. waved it off without a count. Later, Vargas said he had hurt his right hand earlier in the round.
Super featherweight 2016 Olympian Charly Suarez (18-0, 10 KOs) knocked out Jorge Castaneda (17-4, 13 KOs) at 2:22 of the third round of a scheduled ten rounds.
In the first round’s final seconds, Suarez rocked Castaneda with a lead right followed by a left to the chin and almost went down. In the second round, the shorter Suarez outworked Castaneda.
In the third round, Castaneda’s right eye started swelling. Suarez landed a left hook on the chin, dropping Castaneda for an 8-count from referee Chris Flores. Seconds later, Suarez landed a right followed by a left on the chin, and Castaneda went down for the count.
Junior middleweight Jorge Garcia Perez (30-4, 25 KOs) stopped Ilias Essaoudi (22-2 (15 KOs) at 0:46 of the first round of a scheduled ten rounds.
In the first round, Perez countered a miss from Essaoudi with a right uppercut to the midsection, followed by three punches to the head as Essaoudi fell to the canvas, taking the full count on a knee from referee Wes Morton.
Super bantamweight Sebastian ‘Logan’ Hernandez Reyes (17-0, 16 KOs) stopped Yonfrez Parejo (24-7-1, 12 KOs) after four rounds of a scheduled eight rounds.
In the second round’s final seconds, Hernandez hurt Parejo with a right to the body. In the third round, Parejo received his fourth warning from Referee Chris Flores.
In the fourth round Hernandez continues a good body attack of uppercuts while Parejo received yet another warning for holding. The corner of Parejo called a halt after the round.
Lightweight Alan Garcia (14-1, 11 KOs) was upset by knocked out by Ricardo Fernandez (16-13, 2 KOs) at 2:25 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight rounds.
In the first four rounds, Garcia had an edge, mostly going to the body. In the fifth round, Garcia, against the ropes, turned southpaw when Fernandez landed an overhand right on the chin. Down went Garcia on his back, with referee Raul Caiz, Jr. counting him out.
Lightweight southpaw Demier Zamora (14-0, 9 KOs) defeated Gerardo Perez (12-6-1, 3 KOs) by an eight unanimous decision.
In the first two rounds, Zamora had his way, outboxing Perez. In the third round, Perez drove Zamora against the ropes. From the fourth through the sixth, both had their moments, with Zamora getting the better of it.
The action continued in the seventh round. In the eighth and final round, Zamora went to the body, and Perez fought his way back.
Referee Thomas Taylor. Scores 80-72 twice and 79-73.
Super flyweight southpaw Steven Navarro (4-0, 3 KOs) knocked out Oscar Arroyo (3-3, 2 KOs) at 2:35 of the third round of a scheduled six rounds after scoring a pair of knockdowns.
In the first round after a minute Navarro dropped Arroyo with a left followed by a right on the chin for an 8-count from referee Chris Flores.
In the final seconds, Navarro hurt Arroyo with a right hook, driving him several steps. In the second round’s final seconds, Navarro landed a right followed by a left on the chin, and down went Arroyo for another 8-count from referee Flores.
In the third round, Navarro continues going from southpaw to orthodox. In the final seconds, Navarro rocked Arroyo with a straight left and had him defenseless with a flurry against the ropes when referee Flores stopped the fight.
The ring announcer was Mark Shunock.
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