Coliseo Guillermo Angulo, Carolina, Puerto Rico — Number one ranked WBC welterweight Thomas Dulorme (16-0, 12 KOs), defeated Yoryi Estrella (11-4-2, 7 KOs), by a ten round unanimous decision. Durlome utilized his speed in the opening round with his quick right hand and left jab. Other than a low blow in the second, mostly all of Durlome’s punches were landing clean. In the third round the Carolina native started to connect on body shots. The delay of tape wrapping to Delurme’s glove helped the wary Estrella catch a breather in the fourth.
The boxing ability of Delorme was on display in round five as he hit, moved, and used lateral movement. Another break for Estrella came in round six as Delorme’s glove tape came loose again and he was now flirting with a point deduction. Once again in the seventh, Delorme’s tape wrap delays the fight. Although Delorme was easily winning the fight through out the first eight rounds, he seemed to have lost his rhythm as a result of his constant hand wrapping pit stops.
Round nine was more of the same for Delorme as he demonstrated his ring general leadership. Durlome played it safe in the final round, as he figured he had the fight in the bag. Ivan Hernandez, who was the original opponent for Dulorme, could not get a visa in time for the match. Estrella took the fight on ten days notice.
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Jorge Melendez (24-2-1, 23 Kos) wasted no time in putting away Milton Nunez (24-5-1, 22 KOs) in the first round round of a scheduled ten round junior middleweight fight. Nunez was knocked down twice and the fight was halted when he found himself on the ropes unanswering punches. Melendez retained his WBO latino junior middleweight championship.
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Lightweight sensation Jose “Sniper” Pedraza (10-0, 6 KOs) defeated Jose Valderrama (4-2, 2 KOs) by an eight round unanimous decision. The boxer-puncher Pedraza easily won the first round with his pin point shots. It was more of the same in the second as the ‘Sniper’ got the better of Valderrama in every department. Pedraza begins to connect to the body combined with his flush shots to the head in the third round.
Valderrama is starting to get picked apart in round four as Pedraza is connecting at will. It is not getting any easier for Valderrama as the fight progresses, specially in the fifth round as he takes in more punishment. The ‘Sniper’ dropped Valderrama in the six with a body shot. In round seven, Valderrama continued to take a beating as Pedraza stayed in the pocket mustering shots. Occasionally, Valderrama sneaked in a good shot.
Undercard:
Emanuel Rodriguez (3-0, 3 K0s) knocked out Luis “Miguelito” Ortiz (2-13) with a straight right hand in the fourth round of a bantamweight contest.
Carlos “Kid” Narvaez (5-0, 5KOs) stopped fellow junior featherweight Jose Torres (2-2) in the third round when the Torres corner threw in the towel to avoid further punishment for their fighter.
Emmanuel “Pirata” De Jesus (1-0, 1 KO) knocked out Xavier Lazaye (0-1) in 22 seconds of the first round with a hard right hand blow. Both junior middleweights were making their debuts.
Luis “Yeye” Rodriguez (2-0, 2 KOs) trapped Luis Ortiz (0-2) on the ropes and began to land flush combinations. The referee stopped the fight a short time later and awarded the TKO victory to Rodriguez in the first round of a scheduled four round junior welterweight fight.
Lightweight prospect Miguel Marrero (6-0, 3 KOs) recorded his sixth victory of his career with a stoppage win over Pedro Hernandez (6-7-1, 2 KOs) in the second round. Hernandez was dropped in the first and second rounds.
Efrain “Macho” Cruz (1-0, 1 KO) demolished Nelson Agosto (0-3) with a monstrous left hook in the very first round to win his junior welterweight debut.
Victor “Picu” Perez (1-0 1 KO) flattened Uziel Velez (1-1) in the first round of his debut fight. Velez found himself helpless on the ropes and was a victim of an onslaught. The fight was fought at the welterweight limit.
