By: Sean Crose
Justin Figueroa, 8-0 fought to maintain his document excellent Saturday evening in Atlantic Metropolis. His opponent, the 13-7 Antoni Armas, then again, hoped to shock these in attendance on the Tropicana Resort and On line casino. Figueroa took his time within the first. He utilized strain properly within the second…till the ultimate moments of the spherical, that’s, when Armas briefly dropped him.
With that being mentioned, Figueroa returned to profitable kind within the third. He additionally had an energetic fourth. Nonetheless, a shoulder damage from Armas led to the poor man not with the ability to proceed preventing. This, in fact, led to Figueroa successful by technical knockout.
After Figueroa and Armas left the ring, it was time for the principle occasion of the Boxing Insider Promotions’ card. The ten-1-1 John Leonardo squared off in opposition to the 12-5 Frank Gonzalez in a scheduled eight rounder within the junior featherweight division. The primary was pretty shut. The second noticed Leonardo asserting himself in opposition to Gonzalez. The third was one other shut spherical.
Leonardo gave the impression to be the extra in management fighter within the fourth, although the bout remained aggressive. Each males fought in shut within the fifth. With that being mentioned, Leonardo managed to successfully assault Gonzalez because the spherical got here to a detailed. Leonardo harm Gonzalez within the sixth and subsequently piled it on. Gonzalez ultimately went down, which led the referee to place a cease to the festivities.
