Junior middleweight Leonardo Ruiz continues to make a reputation for himself.
Ruiz dropped Oziel Santoyo as soon as en path to a one-sided resolution Saturday evening on the Sala Urbana in Naucalpan, Mexico. Scores had been 79-72, 79-72, and 80-71 in favor of Ruiz, who improved to 14-0, 8 knockouts.
Santoyo was recreation, however Ruiz was the more-effective fighter, throwing and touchdown hooks and crosses, together with two-punch combos.
A left-right mixture dropped Santoyo a couple of minute into spherical three. Santoyo beat the depend, and fought again, however was repeatedly hit with extra proper fingers to the pinnacle by Ruiz.
In the direction of the tip of spherical 5, one other left-right mixture to the pinnacle shocked Santoyo. Quite than clenching or holding on, Santoyo selected to struggle again in an try to preserve Ruiz at bay.
Ruiz was dominant the remainder of the struggle, once more touchdown left-right combos or counter proper fingers that landed flush to the pinnacle of Santoyo.
The 25-year-old Ruiz, who’s initially from Zacatecas, Mexico and now resides in San Bernardino, California, beforehand, fought on August 23, defeating Raul Garcia of the Dominican Republic in a conflict of unbeaten prospects. His different notable win was a one-sided win over Cameron Krael on January 23 of final yr.
Ruiz is educated by Robert Garcia in close by Riverside.
Santoyo falls to 16-3-1, 9 KOs. In his earlier struggle on November 9, Santoyo defeated Bervely Garcia Gonzalez by unanimous resolution in his hometown of Monterrey, Mexico.
The 29-year-old is finest identified for a June 2019 victory over Omar Chavez and a choice win over Manuel Gallegos, who entered the struggle unbeaten, over 4 months later.
In the primary occasion of the Miura Boxing card, hard-hitting junior welterweight Jimmer Espinosa of close by Mexico Metropolis stopped Angel Martinez Hernandez after the tip of spherical 4.
Espinosa (16-2, 15 KOs) dropped Martinez within the opening spherical, touchdown a left uppercut to the pinnacle. Martinez beat the depend, however took vicious punches to the pinnacle the remainder of the struggle. Martinez was harm all through a lot of the fourth spherical from hooks to the physique and proper fingers to the pinnacle. Martinez didn’t come out of his nook for spherical 5, saving himself from additional punishment.
In his earlier struggle on December 9, the 26-year-old misplaced by break up resolution to Delonte ‘Tiger’ Johnson.
Martinez, who resides in Mexicali, Mexico, falls to 15-4-2, 14 KOs. He has now misplaced three of his final 4 bouts.
Featherweight Albert Gonzalez of Moreno Valley, California scored a one-punch knockout win over Joel Mora (7-4-4, 5 KOs) of Mexicali, Mexico. Gonzalez, who can be educated by Robert Garcia, improved to 8-0, 4 KOs.
A left hook to the physique dropped Mora to the canvas, towards the ropes. Referee Cesar Castanon stopped the struggle at 1:49.
In heavyweight motion, Damazion Vanhouter of Saint Petersburg, Florida received a hard-fought break up resolution over Mexico Metropolis’s Cristian Davalos. One decide scored the bout 57-56 for Davalos (5-3, 3 KOs), whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 59-54 and 57-56 for Vanhouter, who improved to 6-0, 3 KOs.
Vanhouter dropped Davalos with a mix to the pinnacle through the remaining spherical. Davalos beat the depend, and was battered across the ring to the purpose referee Cesar Castanon was virtually to the purpose of stopping the struggle. Moments earlier than the bell sounded, Vanhouter was gassed, permitting Davalos to land his punches till the tip of the spherical.
Junior featherweight Agustin Perez of Puebla, Mexico dropped Mexico Metropolis’s Ernesto Salcedo in spherical one en path to a break up resolution victory. One decide scored the struggle 76-75 for Salcedo, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 77-74 and 76-75 for Perez, who improved 13-3-1, 5 KOs.
Salcedo falls to 15-5, 13 KOs and has now misplaced 5 of his final seven fights.
Junior bantamweight Vieris Ortega defeated Jorge Villalobos (14-3-3, 8 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico by unanimous resolution. Scores had been 79-73, 79-73, and 78-74 for Ortega, who goes to 11-1, 10 KOs. Ortega is initially from Venezuela and now resides in Cartagena, Colombia.
Tremendous middleweight Alfonso Flores defeated Luis Reyes (4-2-1, 1 KO) of Mexico Metropolis by break up resolution. One decide scored the bout 77-73 for Reyes, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 78-74 for Flores, who improved to 13-2, 9 KOs. Flores is initially from Cumana, Venezuela and now resides in Monterrey, Mexico.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached at [email protected]
