Eduardo Nunez drops Miguel Marriaga throughout their battle on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California. Photograph Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.
Eduardo Nunez despatched an emphatic reminder of what awaits the Anthony Cacace-Josh Warrington winner.
The red-hot knockout artist added one other sufferer to his assortment. This time, it was former title challenger Miguel Marriaga who failed to listen to the ultimate bell. Nunez twice floored the Colombian veteran and compelled a stoppage after six rounds Saturday at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California.
Nunez (28-1, 28 knockouts) is all fuel, no brakes at any time when he enters the ring. Marriaga was surprisingly recreation for the trigger as he took the battle to the heavy-handed Mexican in the beginning of the bout.
It didn’t take lengthy for momentum to shift. Nunez shortly closed the hole within the second and third rounds, although Marriaga refused to again down.
Marriaga really loved a stable begin to the fourth spherical earlier than Nunez beat the battle out of him.
A depraved left hook to the physique froze Marriaga in place simply lengthy sufficient for Nunez to slam dwelling a proper hand. Marriaga fell by way of the ropes and practically all the way in which out of the ring. He managed to make it to his ft and survived the remaining two minutes of the spherical, although there was concern over whether or not the 37-year-old must be permitted to proceed.
Marriaga (31-8, 26 KOs) prolonged Nunez into the sixth spherical however couldn’t final any longer than that. Nunez went on the assault and eventually broke Marriaga’s will with a left hook to the physique. Marriaga took one other proper hand upstairs for good measure as he was on his strategy to taking a knee. He as soon as once more beat the rely and made it to the bell.
The ringside doctor and referee each instantly met with Marriaga’s nook, who confirmed their man was finished for the evening. It marked simply the second stoppage defeat suffered by Marriaga. The lone different event got here in a failed Aug. 2017 junior light-weight title bid versus Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Nunez has now stopped every of his final eighteen opponents. His lone profession battle to go the space resulted in his solely defeat—a controversial cut up determination in June 2o18.
The run included the assure of his first, and forthcoming, title shot. Nunez went past the tenth spherical for the primary time in his profession however didn’t want for much longer than that. He stopped former IBF 130-pound titlist Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (17-1-1, 14 KOs) within the eleventh spherical of their title eliminator on Feb. 16 on the street in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Nunez grew to become the obligatory challenger to Cacace’s IBF title, and the sanctioning physique even ordered the battle. Nevertheless, it was agreed that Cacace (22-1, 8 KOs) would first get a voluntary protection versus Warrington (31-3-1, 8 KOs) on the Sept. 21 Anthony Joshua-Daniel Dubois Riyadh Season UK debut at Wembley Stadium in London.
The winner must face Nunez or else quit the title.
