(FEB 4) AGUASCALIENTES, MX
- On Friday night at the Explanada de Expoplaza in
Aguascalientes, MX, Sugar Promotions presented "New Blood". In
the 10-round main event Issac "Canelito" Avelar (14-0, 9 KOs)
captured the WBC FECOMBOX Featherweight title with a TKO victory
over Alejandro Frias (6-3-1, 3 KOs).
Avelar, a southpaw who was
fighting in front of his hometown fans, applied pressure from
the opening bell, forcing Frias to fight going backwards. Avelar
used a lot of faints to keep Frias off balance, giving him
opportunities to a land a lot of power shots. In the middle
rounds, Avelar was overpowering the taller Frias, forcing him
fight off the ropes. As the fight entered the later rounds,
Frias was starting to fade, as Avelar maintained a steady
attack. In the tenth and final round, Avelar landed a flurry of
punches to the head and body of Frias, forcing the referee to
stop the bout at the .40 second mark. Avelar, who is managed by
Prince Ranch Boxing's Greg Hannely, remained undefeated.
"I wanted to give my hometown fans a great victory," said Issac
Avelar. "Capturing the WBC FECOMBOX title is a goal I set for
myself at the beginning of this year. I know with hard work,
I'll be able to fight for more WBC titles as I march up the
rankings. I'm very grateful to all the people who helped me get
to this point in my career. I'm also thankful to all my family
and friends who came out and supported me tonight. My career is
about to take off."
In the 8-round co-main event,
NABF Junior Flyweight champion, Damien "Sugar" Vazquez (13-0, 6
KOs), remained undefeated with at fifth round knockout over
Miguel Lizardo (0-2-1). Vazquez was landing at will and wobbled
Lizardo in round three. Vazquez stayed patient and used a nice
counter punching attack to dominate the fight. A straight left
in round five sent Lizardo to the deck, ending the bout at the
1:57 mark.
UNDERCARD RESULTS
6-round Super Flyweight Female
Bout
In a very competitive action fight, Cristina Mora (7-0-2, 4 KOs)
and Gabriela Sanchez (3-2-1) battled for six hard rounds. Mora
used her superior boxing skills to land clean shots from a
distance. Sanchez had her moments as she used her pressure style
to get inside of Mora, landing some nice power shots. More
landed a straight right in round two that bloodied the nose of
Sanchez, who was bleeding the rest of the fight. Mora edged
Sanchez in the later rounds giving her a split decision victory.
Scorecards read 58-55, 57-56 for Mora and 57-56 for Sanchez.
Mora remains undefeated.
6-round Featherweight Bout
Local native Edwing Davila (17-0, 10 KOs) defeated Carlos Rocha
(3-2-1) with an impressive fourth round TKO. Davila dropped
Rocha in round three with a vicious body shot. Rocha survived
the round only to get stopped after being dropped three time in
round four. Fight was stopped at the 2:24 mark of round
four.
6-round Super Lightweight Bout
Denver Colorado's Donovan Estrella (11-0, 4 KOs) remained
undefeated with a unanimous decision victory against Antonio
Camacho (1-5, 1 KO). Estrella controlled the fight with precise
punching, lateral movement and a constant body attack.
Scorecards read 60-54 twice, 59-55.
4-round Light Flyweight Female Bout
In an all-out war, Mayran Salazar (7-2) defeated Naomi Arellano
(4-1, 1 KO) by unanimous decision. Arellano, who suffered her
first loss, was in every round, but was out gunned by Salazar,
who landed the cleaner shots. Both fighters landed nice power
shots, but it was Salazar who wobbled Arellano in round three.
Scorecards read 39-37 twice and 40-36 all in favor of Salazar.
4-round Light Heavyweight Bout
Las Vegas' Kye Brooks improved to (2-0, 2 KO) with a devastating
first round KO over Antonio Reyes, who was making his pro debut.
A left-hook, right hand combo sent Reyes to the canvas in the
opening minuet. After Reyes got up, Brooks then ended the bout
with a powerful straight right hand. The bout was stopped at the
1:47 mark of round one.
WBAN would like to thank Mario
Serrano who sent out the press release with fight photos!