Alexis Espino continued his undefeated ways by stopping Kirby St. Juste in round two of their scheduled four round middleweight bout.
In round one, Espino landed a vicious combination that backed St. Juste up to the ropes. Espino followed up with two lefts and a right that sagged St. Juste into the ropes, which was ruled a knockdown. In round two, Espino landed a perfect left hook that sent St. Juste hard to the canvas. Espino then landed a hard right that staggered St. Juste that he followed up with two more shots that sent St. Juste down for a 3rd and final time at 1:49.
Espino, 163.8 lbs of Las Vegas is 3-0 with two knockouts. St. Juste, 158.8 lbs of Trenton, NJ was making his pro debut.
Mark DeLuca won a 10-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Brandon Brewer in a middleweight battle.
In round two, Brewer was cut over his left eye. In round four, he was cut over his right eye. DeLuca was cut around his right eye in the 5th round.
DeLuca, 157.8 lbs of Whitman, MA won by scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93 and is now 24-1. Brewer, 157.4 lbs of Nackawic, CAN is 23-1-1.
Otha Jones III notched his 2nd win in seven days over two continents as he won a six-round unanimous decision over Matias Arriagada in a super featherweight bout.
It was a good action fight that saw Jones land the harder punches against a game Arriagada. Jones, who showed fast hands and good combination work, used a variety of punches that landed which included some solid uppercuts.
Jones, 131.4 lbs of Toledo, Ohio won by shutout tallies of 60-54 on all cards, and is now 3-0, Arriagada, 128.4 lbs of Argentina is 6-5.
