Jesus Pabon scored a stoppage over Ernesto Zepeda after Zepeda failed to answer the bell for round eight in a scheduled twelve round Welterweight bout at the A La Carte Pavilion in Tampa, Florida.
It was a rough fight as Zepeda landed hard shots below the belt and in round three he was docked a point. The southpaw Pabon kept getting through with straight left hands and those shots resultsed in some nasty swelling around the left eye of Zepeda.
The swelling got so bad that Zepeda could no longer continue and the fight was halted before the eight bell rang.
Pabon, 147 lbs of Carolina, Puerto Rico is now 15-1 with nine knockouts. Zepeda, 146 lbs of Tijuana, Mexico is now 39-14-4.
Former Cuban Olympian, Luis Franco scored a fifth round stoppage over veteran Yoglii Herrera in a Super Featherweight bout scheduled for six rounds.
Herrera actually dropped Franco in round three from a left hook. That was just a flash knockdown as it awoke Franco as he started to put the pressure in following being dropped. In round four a sharp right to the head dropped Herrera. Things only got worse for Herrera in the next frame as he was docked two points for holding in round five. He then ate a counter left that sent him down for a second time in the bout. He got to his feet and took the eight count the referee stopped the bout.
Franco, 127 lbs of Miami is 6-0 with five knockouts. Herrera, 128 lbs of Miami is 22-12.
In a scheduled four round Flyweight bout, Daniel Lozano scored a sensational knockout over Gabriel Cruz just one second before the end of round three.
Lozano caught Cruz with a left that spun him around before he hit the canvas.
Lozano of Bowling Green, FL is now 5-0 with four knockouts. Cruz of Oceanside, CA is now 3-3-1.
