Vargas batters Banquez; Bravo-Valtierra cut short in Orlando

Orlando, FL – Antonio Vargas earned a profession greatest victory when he scored a sixth spherical stoppage of hard-hitting contender Mitchell Banquez Saturday, February 25 at a bought out Caribe Royale in Orlando, FL

The cardboard was promoted by Boxlab Promotions and aired through tape delay on CBS Sports activities Community.

Preventing for the vacant WBA Continental Americas bantamweight title, Banquez regarded to use strain as Vargas used the opening spherical to really feel out his foe. Vargas, who had a big group of supporters readily available, rapidly acknowledged Banquez’ plan of assault left him open for counter punches.

The 2016 US Olympian landed fast, crisp punches whereas avoiding many of the laborious pictures thrown by Banquez. Within the fourth, Vargas landed a picturesque uppercut that turned Banquez right into a bloody mess, however the ultra-game Venezuelan by no means stopped combating.

Vargas dominated the fifth and Banquez’ proper eye was beginning to shut because of the variety of punches he’d taken. Within the sixth, Vargas continued to assault Banquez till his nook threw within the towel at 2:38.

Vargas of Orlando, FL improved to 16-1 with 9 KO’s. Banquez slips to 20-3 (12 KO’s).

NABO junior welterweight champion Nestor Bravo and Mexican challenger Jair Valtierra led to a no determination. Within the fourth spherical, Bravo began to search out his rhythm however acquired a tough headbutt from Valtierra. Bravo, who hails from Arecibo, Puerto Rico and fights out of Orlando, was bleeding closely close to his proper eye and unable to proceed. Since official guidelines require 4 full rounds to be accomplished to go to the scorecards, the bout was declared a no determination.

Bravo retains his title and 21-0 report (15 KO’s), whereas Valtierra’s report stays at 16-2 with 8 knockouts.

19-year-old light-weight standout Elijah “2Tec” Flores, 5-0 (2 KO’s), showcased pace, motion, showmanship, and fast reflexes in a six spherical shutout determination over rugged Juan Aguirre Herrera, 7-7-2 (5 KO’s), of Mexico. A local of Bronx, NY, Flores was in management from bell to bell, however Herrera had a strong chin and has gone the space in all of his defeats.

Scores have been 60-54 on all three playing cards.

Cuban powerhouse Idalberto Umara retained his WBA Fedecaribe light-weight title with a second spherical knockout of Colombia’s Deivi “El Cabo” Julio. Umara dropped Julio laborious within the second spherical with a perfectly-timed physique shot. Julio barely made it again to his ft however was down for the depend moments later courtesy of one other punishing physique punch.

Time of stoppage was :45.

Umara, who resides in Miami, FL, improved to 9-1 with 6 KO’s. Julio is 25-13 and has 15 victories by KO.

Cruiserweights Adrian “Fairly Boy” Pinheiro of Orlando and Plantation, FL’s Isiah “Night time Knight” Thompson fought to an exciting six spherical draw. Pinheiro, 10-0-1 (9 KO’s) was the busier fighter and linked with strong pictures to Thompson’s head. Thompson, 7-2-2 (6 KO’s), turned the tides within the second half of the struggle by aggressively attacking Pinheiro with laborious hooks.

Scores have been 58-56 Pinheiro, 58-56 Thompson and 57-57.

“We’re all happy to have introduced one other nice night time of championship boxing to Central Florida, mentioned Amaury Piedra of Boxlab Promotions. “It was nice to see all of the followers in attendance and the electrical energy the gang supplied for these fighters. As all the time Caribe Royale is the place to be for skilled boxing in Central Florida and we are going to proceed to do our greatest to placed on the very best exhibits within the state of Florida. I thank the Florida Fee, the WBA, and the WBO for working with us on Night time of Champions 2.”

Boxlab Promotions’ subsequent card takes place April 1. Extra
info shall be introduced shortly.

OTHER RESULTS:

Welterweights: Darirus “The Hawk” Jackson (5-0, 2 KO’s, Orlando, FL) UD 6 (60-54 3X) Mario Aguirre (3-20-1, 2 KO’s, Tijuana, Mexico)

Tremendous Middleweights: Jamar Pemberton (3-0, 3 KO’s, Las Vegas, NV) KO1 (:21) Tony Elliott (0-2, North Carolina)

Junior Middleweights: Yoenis Tellez (3-0, 3 KO’s, Stafford, TX through Cuba) TKO2 (:38) Alberto Delgado (1-22-4, 1 KO, Roanoke, VA)

Lightweights: Otha Jones III (6-1-1, 2 KO’s, Toledo, OH) UD6 (60-54 3X) Raymond Chacon (8-55-1, Los Angeles, CA)

PHOTO CREDIT: Damon Gonzalez (Latinbox Sports activities)

Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.