All throughout in a ten-round featherweight bout, undefeated Ronny Rios (22-0, 10 KO’s) of Santa Ana, California would look the part, to as the much sharper fighter repeatedly punish his visibly slower and powerless opponent Jose Beranza (36-28-2, 28 KO’s) of Mexico City, Mexico who came in with more losses than Rios had wins. In the end the final tallies would read 80-72 twice, and 78-74, the latter score seemingly out of touch in what was a one-sided affair.
Relegated to undercard duty in a scheduled ten-round featherweight bout, former one-time world champion Rico Ramos (22-3, 12 KO’s) after a downward spiral would be pitted against undefeated 2004 Puerto Rican Olympian Carlos Velasquez (15-1, 11 KO’s) fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada.
In a mainly uneventful bout due to the defensive prowess of what appeared two evenly matched fighters, Ramos with the assistance of his opponent would catch an incoming Velasquez with a left hook to register a massive kayo at the 1:36 mark of the tenth and final round, inflicting the Puerto Rican’s first professional defeat.
After a mainly uneventful first three rounds, the busier and more aggressive Velasquez looked to emerge the frontrunner. Ramos would connect with a flush right hook in the fourth frame, a punch by itself that seemed to carry the round. The fifth stanza saw Rico hit the deck from a Velasquez right-left combo of which Ramos would get back to his feet in a 10-8 round for the Puerto Rican.
Rounds 6 through 8 would see the two fighters return to the same lackluster action of the first three frames, as landed punches throughout were a somewhat rare commodity. Clutching and grabbing would be par for the course in the final two rounds, rounds that were very close up until the fateful knockout.
Undefeated lightweight southpaw Maurice Lee (3-0, 2 KO’s) under the tutelage of veteran trainer Joe Goossen as the rangier fighter would take it to opponent Juan Carlos Sanchez (1-2) of Mexico City, Mexico, registering a sweep on the scorecards at 40-36 all around in this four-round contest. Sanchez in attempting to apply pressure had no defense for the right hook or much anything else, so that along with pushing his punches he would be reduced to near fodder as early as round 2.
Failing to utilize a jab, Joel Gonzalez (5-0, 1 KO) of Los Angeles, California would be lured into a slugfest of sorts against a much shorter opponent in David Reyes (2-5-1), a crude brawler also of Los Angeles. As a result, Reyes would hang around to make the bout somewhat competitive. However, Gonzalez as the more technical fighter would prevail after four rounds in this junior featherweight contest by scores of 40-36 twice, and 39-37.
In a four-round junior middleweight tilt, unbeaten Justin Deloach (4-0, 2 KO’s) of Houston, Texas would remain so, pummeling Gardena, California opponent Carl Hill (1-7, 1 KO) to both body and head in the opening stanza, to rock Hill on more than one occasion. Surviving, Carl would attempt to fight back, but unable to find the target he would succumb to the more accurate Deloach who would end things the way he started, as referee Jack Reiss would intervene prevent further punishment to Hill by calling a halt to the action at 2:50 of round 3.
To open the undercard, junior lightweight Ricky Lopez (10-2, 4 KO’s) of Oxnard, California would get caught cold and get dropped in the opening seconds of round 1 by Sonora, Mexico opponent Pablo Batres (3-8-1). But utilizing movement and some boxing skills in what was a rather large ring, Lopez would rebound over the next 3 frames of this scheduled four-rounder to in the end carve out a decision victory. The final tallies would read 39-37, and 39-38 twice.
