Heralded prospect Frankie Gomez edge Adrian Granados via eight round majority decision in a Lightweight bout of unbeaten fighters in Chicago.
Gomez scored a knockdown in round two when Granados walked into a pushing right hand. He was not hurt and finished the round. In the next round Granados was cut underneath his left eye but that was not a problem during the fight. In fact, Granados was spurred on and engaged in some furious exchanges over the second half of the fight.
For most of the next couple rounds, Granados was walking the hard charging Gomez down. The two fought at close quarters to the end of the fight which thrilled the crowd.
Gomez, 136 lbs of East Los Angeles, CA won by scores of 78-73; 77-74 and 76-76 to stay perfect at 11-0. Granados, 136 lbs of Cicero, IL is now 6-1-1.
Omar Figueroa scored a sensational second round stoppage over Marcos Herrera in round two of a scheduled six round Jr. Welterweight bout.
The two engaged in a heated flurry on the ropes when hard left from Figueroa got through and sent Herrera to the canvas. After Herrera was able to get up, Figueroa landed a crushing left hook that sent Herrera down and out at 1:19 of round two.
Figueroa, 138 lbs of Weslaco, TX is now 13-0-1 with ten knockouts. Herrera, 135 lbs of Arroyo Seco, NM is now 6-7-1
Luis Santiago scored a four round unanimous decision over Cliffored McPherson in a Welterweight bout.
Scores were 40-36 on all cards for Santiago, 148 lbs of Chicago, IL and is now 3-0. McPherson, 147 lbs of Cleveland, OH is now 2-5-1.
Juan Bustamante scored a first round stoppage over an overnatched Andrew Kato in a scheduled four round Lightweight bout.
Bustamante was all over Kato, who looked like he had no business in the same ring as Bustamante. Bustamante dropped Kato with a series of body shots. Kato got to his feet only to eat eat five more unanswered blows with the final being a left to the body and the fight was stopped by referee Gerald Scott at 1:40.
Bustamante, 130 lbs of Chicago is now 2-0 with one knockout. Kato, 134 lbs of Milwaukee, WI is now 0-3.
Daniel Sotelo made a successful pro debut with a first round stoppage over Ronnie Fuentez in a four round Welterweight bout.
Wit the two fighters exhanging on the ropes, Sotelo landed a hard left to the body that put Fuentez down for the count at 1:20.
Sotelo, 143 lbs of Chicago is now 1-0 with one knockout. Fuentez, 144 lbs of Milwaukee, WI is now 0-2.
