![]() Also on the card is former world champion Abner Mares taking on Miguel Flores, and Jose Valenzuela battling Edward De Los Santos.Īndy Ruiz Jr and Luis Ortiz meet in an important WBC heavyweight title eliminator tonight on FOX Sports PPV at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles, California. In the co-feature bout, lightweight Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz will fight Eduardo Ramirez. Ruiz’s last fight against 40-year-old past his best Chris Arreola was shown on FOX Sports pay-per-view, and his match tonight against Ortiz will be on PPV as well.įor some, it’s hard for them to wrap their heads around an average heavyweight like Ruiz being a PPV fighter, but it goes to show you what happens when you get lucky with a shock knockout against a careless fighter like Joshua. From there, Ruiz was elevated to pay-per-view status, even for his fights against lesser opposition. ‘The Destroyer’ Ruiz Jr had those two fights with Anthony Joshua, splitting a pair, and he made a lot of money from them. NEWS: Andy Ruiz: "Anthony Joshua, let's get the trilogy" The scores were 59-55, 59-55, and 57-57 in favor of Garnica. Undefeated super bantamweight Anthony Garnica (10-0-1, 5 KOs) defeated Juan Lopez (17-11, 7KO) by a six round majority decision.The time of the stoppage was at 1:59 of the fourth round. The 6’5″ Martin was pounding Vargas at will in the fourth round when the referee Jerry Cantu opted to pull the plug on the fight. Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (29-3-1, 26 KOs) got back to his winning ways, stopping Devin Vargas (22-8, 9 KOs) in the fourth round.Aleem dropped Plania in the second round. Super bantamweight Ra’eese Aleem (20-0, 12 KO’s) defeated Mike Plania (26-2, 13 KO’s) by a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision.The time of the stoppage was 1:08 of round three. Although Valenzuela got back to his feet, he was battered by De Los Santos, prompting the referee to step in and halt the contest. Sure enough, De Los Santos knocked Valenzuela down in the third round. The way Valenzeula looked at the end of the second round, he would have needed a miracle to recover in between rounds. Later in the round, De Los Santos sent Valenzeula down. Valenzuela dropped De Los Santos for the first knockdown. In the second round, both De Los Santos and Valenzuela were down from heavy shots. In a surprise upset, lightweight Edwin De Los Santos (15-1, 14 KO’s) scored a third round knockout over heavily favored Jose ‘El Rayo’ Valenzuela (12-1, 8 KOs).It’s believed that if Mares had won, he would have called out Tank and could have been his next opponent if he failed to set up a fight with Ryan Garcia. Unfortunately, for Mares, the draw likely prevented him from calling out Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis afterward. Boxing News 24 had Flores ending it 96-94. ![]() However, in the second part of the fight, Mares gassed out and took a lot of punishment from Flores down the stretch. The 37-year-old Mares, who was returning to the ring after a four-year layoff, fought well in the first half of the contest. In another surprise result on the card, Former three-division world champion Abner Mares (31-3-2, 15 KO’s) was forced to settle for a 10 round majority draw against Miguel Flores (25-4-1, 12 KO’s).That’s not the guy that Cruz is expected to face, however, as he wants Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, and the feelings appear to be mutual. With the win, Cruz is the mandatory for WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney. The bout was stopped at 2:27 of the second round. ![]() Ramirez then got up and was quickly dropped for a second time after getting hurt by another big left hook followed by a right hand. In round two, the 24-year-old Pitbull Cruz dropped Ramirez with a left hook in the second round.
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