Middleweight Brian Vera tuned up for a fall rematch with Andy Lee with a one body punch knockout over Eloy Suarez in a scheduled eight round bout at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas.
It was good fight with Vera holding the advantage over Suarez, who had a cut over his left eye as early as round five. Vera landed a left to the body just seconds into round eight which sent Suarez down for the ten count.
Vera, 163 lbs of Austin, TX is now 19-5 with twelve knockouts. Suarez, 161 1/2 lbs of San Antonio, TX is now 11-12-1
James Kirkland rebounded from his first professional loss with a first round stoppage over Dennis Sharpe in a scheduled eight round Middleweight bout.
Kirkland dropped Sharpe after he landed a left to the body that was followed by two body shots. Sharpe got to his feet only to eat another body shot that sent him down for the referee’s ten count at 2:18 of round round.
Kirkland, 160 lbs of Austin, TX was coming off his shocking first round stoppage loss to Nobohiro Ishida in April is now 28-1 with twenty-five knockouts. Sharpe, 157 lbs of Orange, NJ is now 17-8-3.
James Freeman scored a six round unanimous decision over Joshua Burns in an entertaining six round Middleweight bout.
Freeman dropped Burns in round two while Burns came back at the end of round four to plant Freeman on the canvas with a left hook. Burns seemed to be gassed out as he took a tremendous amount of punishment in round five but made it to the final bell.
Freeman, 160 1/4 lbs of Vernon, TX won by scores of 59-55; 58-54 and 58-54 to raise his mark to 8-4. Burns, 159 lbs of Garland, TX is now 3-11-5.
Manuel Rojas dropped Alex Lopez twice in round one en route to a four round unanimous decision over Alex Lopez in a Jr. Lightweight bout.
Rojas, 129 1/4 lbs won by scores of 40-34 on all card to stay perfect at 2-0. Lopez, 129 1/4 lbs of Fort Worth, TX is now 0-2.
