Claudio Marrero won the WBA Interim Featherweight championship with an emphatic 1st round stoppage over previously undefeated Carlos Zambrano at Sam’s Town Casino in Las Vegas.
Marrero dropped Zambrano with a perfect left-right, and he could not beat the count at 1:30.
Marrero of Santo Domingo, DR is now 22-1 with 16 knockouts. Zambrano of Peru is 26-1.
Nate Gallimore scored a 6th round stoppage over previously undefeated Jason Rosario in a scheduled ten round middleweight fight.
In round six, Gallimore dropped Rosario with a left hand. Moments later, a right uppercut sent Rosario to the deck. Gallimore finished the job by landing a hard left hook that was followed by a right that dropped Rosario for a 3rd and final time, and the bout was stopped at 2:15.
Gallimore is now 18-1-1 with 15 knockouts. Rosario is 12-1.
Juan Heraldez won an eight-round unanimous decision over Alfonso Olvera in a welterweight bout.
In round one, Herladez dropped Olvera with a left hook to the head.
Heraldez of Las Vegas, NV won by scores of 79-72 and 78-73 twice and is now 12-0. Olvera of Tucson, AZ is 8-4-1.
In a battle of undefeated super middleweights, Kevin Newman stopped Pablo Velez in round one of their scheduled six-round bout.
Newman landed a hard uppercut that was followed by a right that sent Velez down. Velez got to his fight, but the fight was stopped at 2:19.
Newman is now 7-0-1 with three knockouts. Velez is now 7-1-1.
Daniel Gonzalez remained undefeated by winning a four-round unanimous decision over Mario Ayala in a super bantamweight tussle.
Gonzalez won on two cards 40-36 and 39-37, and is now 3-0. Ayala us 5-4-1,
