Oscar Duarte drops Alex Martin, wins by eighth spherical KO on Diaz-Gesta card

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Fringe light-weight contender Oscar Duarte notched one other knockout win, dropping Alex Martin twice en path to a knockout win in spherical 8 at Walter Pyramid on the campus of California State College in Lengthy Seaside.

Duarte, who resides in Parral, Mexico, improves to 25-1-1, 20 knockouts.

The 27-year-old Duarte was relentless from the opening bell, aggressively strolling the southpaw Martin in opposition to the ropes. When he was capable of get in vary, Duarte was capable of join with left hooks and quick, proper crosses to the top.

Martin was not capable of finding a rhythm early on as he had a troublesome time throwing a constant jab and preventing from distance. By the fourth spherical, Martin did discover some success, outboxing and countering Duarte on the within.

Duarte continued to maneuver ahead. Early within the sixth spherical, Duarte trapped Martin in a nook, unleashing a barrage of punches, together with a vicious proper cross to the top that Martin took effectively. Martin was capable of make the most of his lateral motion to make Duarte miss a majority of punches and countered Duarte to the top and physique.

Martin continued to make the most of lateral motion, making Duarte miss. Martin was capable of join, however fought in spurts and never letting his fingers go sufficient to win rounds.

Lower than a minute into spherical 8, a proper cross staggered Martin. Duarte adopted up with one other proper hand to the top, dropping Martin to the canvas. Martin was capable of beat the rely, however was knocked down once more by one other proper hand. Referee Jerry Cantu stopped the battle at 1:14.

Duarte was coming off a knockout win in his final battle over journeyman Javier Franco on December 17. Duarte has received his final 9 fights, all by knockout, since shedding by break up determination to Adrian Estrella in February 2019.

Martin, who resides in Chicago, Illinois, falls to 18-5, 6 KOs. The 33-year-old has now misplaced two of his final three fights after successful his earlier 4 bouts.

In a conflict of unbeaten junior middleweights, Eric Tudor defeated Damoni Cato-Cain by unanimous determination. Scores had been 78-74, 78-74, and 80-72 for Tudor, who improves to 8-0, 6 knockouts.

Tudor, who resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was the more-effective fighter all through a lot of the battle. It appeared like Tudor scored a knockdown in spherical 4, however referee Jack Reiss dominated Cato-Cain was thrown to the canvas.

Regardless of the peak drawback, Cato-Cain was recreation, discovering some success on the within. Tudor utiilized his intangibles, together with his attain and punch accuracy to build up factors, particularly within the second half of the battle.

Cato-Cain, who resides in Oakland, California, drops to 7-1-1, 6 KOs.

Within the opening bout of the DAZN stream, light-weight Dalis Kaleiopu defeated Colombia’s Jonathan Perez (40-35, 32 KOs) by unanimous determination. All three judges scored the bout 60-52 for Kaleiopu, who improves to 4-0, 3 KOs.

Perez was deducted one level in spherical 3 for hitting Kaleiopu behind the top and one level in spherical 5 for extreme holding.

Preliminary motion

Featherweight Jorge Chavez of close by San Diego improved to 5-0, 4 KOs by knocking out Nicaragua’s Bryan Perez (12-17-1, 11 KOs) at 30 seconds of the opening spherical. Perez went right down to the canvas, prompting referee Jerry Cantu to cease the battle at 30 seconds.

Within the opening bout of the Golden Boy Promotions card, Patricio Manuel dropped Hien Huynh (1-2) of Saint Louis, Missouri as soon as in spherical one and as soon as once more in spherical 3 to win by technical determination. All three judges scored the bout 40-34 in favor of Manuel, who goes to 2-0. The battle was stopped at 56 seconds of the fourth spherical as a consequence of Huynh not being allowed to proceed as a consequence of a lower over his left eye from an unintentional conflict of heads.

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 may be reached at [email protected]

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