Dejesus stops Navarrette
in twelve!!!!
By Marc Abrams
Alex Dejesus scored a twelfth
round stoppage over Adrian Navarrete in a Jr.
Welterweight bout in Toja Baja, Puerto Rico.
Dejesus bxoed well from the
southpaw stance as he moved in and out against
the plodding Navarrete.
In round eight, Dejesus scored
well with a series of right hooks and straight
rights. Dejesus had Navarrete in trouble in
round ten and finall finised the fight off with
a barrage of punches at 1:23 of ound twelve.
With the win, Dejesus, of
San Juan Puerto Rico is now 18-0 with twelve
knockouts. Navarrete of Durango, Mexico is now
17-6-1.
In a battle of former multiple
time world title challengers, Jose Lopez scored
a stoppage over Oscar Andrade after round seven
in action packed super flyweight bout that was
scheduled for ten rounds.
Lopez won most of the rounds
and there were some furious exchanges, especially
in round three.
Lopez was warned for heavy
low blows in rounds five & seven. Lopez
scored a knockdown in round six. In the decisive
seventh, Lopez landed a shot on the hip that
sent Andrade down that was ruled a low blow.
Lopez then knocked Andrade down with body punches
later in the round. When the bell rang to signal
then end of the seventh, Andrade had seen enough
and called it a night.
With the win, Lopez, of Puerto
Rico is 37-7-2 with Thirty-One knockouts. Andrade
of Mexico is now 36-34-2.