Ramos decisions Beltran

Luis Ramos Jr. scored a ten round unanimous decision Ray Beltran in a competitive Lightweight bout at the Fantasy Springs Hotel and Casino in Indio, California.

Both fighters took turns taking the lead as there was not much to choose from. It seemed that a late surge from Beltran maybe would have got him the verdict but the judges preferred the volume and aggressiveness over the accuracy of Beltran.

Ramos Jr. showed guile as he was cut over his right eye due to an inadvertent head butt in the second round and the two clashed heads several more times during the fight.

Ramos Jr., 135 3/4 lbs of Santa Ana, CA won by scores of 97-93; 97-93 and 96-94 ans is still perfect at 21-0. Beltran, 134 1/4 lbs of North Hollywood, CA suffers another close loss and is now 25-6.

Heading into the evening – after being on the losing side of many tight distance fights – Beltran declared, “The judges are my enemies.” Coming out of this evening’s fight, it’s doubtful that his position has changed.

“I was a little nervous about the decision because I knew it was a tough fight,” said Ramos. “[Beltran] was a tough fighter with a great record but I proved that I could hang in there and take punches.”

Said Ramos: “He got me with a few head butts, but the blood didn’t really bother me.”

The two men engaged in many exchanges full of hooks and headshots with Beltran staying busier but Ramos punching more accurately. The SHO Stats compiled by CompuBox listed Beltran as landing 156 of 522 punches to Ramos’ 190 of 418.

As SHOWTIME boxing analyst Steve Farhood said of the fight, “If I had to pick one word: intensity.”

In a battle of undefeated Lightweights, Omar Figueroa scored a stoppage over Michael Perez after round six of a scheduled ten round bout.

It was an entertaining scrap with each taking turns being the boss. Both especially for young fighters worked the body with effectiveness. Figueroa started to seize control at the end of the fifth round as he started to get through more. Perez kept fighting hard through the sixth but Figueroa seemed to hurt Perez at the end of the round.

The fight was stopped by the Perez corner after the sixth frame.

Figueroa, 134 1/2 lbs of Walesco, TX is now 14-0 with twelve knockouts. Perez, 134 3/4 lbs of Newark, NJ is now 15-1-1.

“It was my legs,” said Perez. “I had no power since round two. I’m disappointed.”

“I was a little disappointed. I hit him with all my best shots but he didn’t go down,” said Figueroa. “But I was confident. I never thought I was going to lose. I’ve been asking for tough opponents. I wanted to fight the best and I proved I can deal with this and much more.

“[Perez] was a tough opponent but that’s what I’ve been asking for.”