Giovani Santillan took out Wilfredo Buelvas in round two of a scheduled eight-round welterweight bout in the headline bout at the Doubletree in Ontario, California
In round two, Santillan scored a hard knockdown when he landed a big right-left combination. Seconds later, it was another massive right-left combination that sent Buelvas down and out at 2:31.
Santillan, 146.2 lbs of San Diego, California is now 25-0 with 15 knockouts. Buelvas, 147 lbs of Colombia is 20-13.
“In the first round I was trying to get my timing right,” Santillan said. “Thirty seconds into the second round, I knew I had him so I pressed him. After the second knockdown I knew he wasn’t going to get up.”
“I’m punching a lot harder at this weight,” said Santillan, a native of San Diego, Calif. “I felt my punches were a little too wide in that first round so I tried to tighten them up. I felt a lot more comfortable in the second and I was able to time Buelvas and anticipate which way he would be leaning. I saw the opening and I took it.”
Roberto Torres took out Eduardo Leonel Rodriguez in the 1st round of their scheduled eight-round junior welterweight fight.
Torres rocked and dropped Rodriguez with a hard right that was riled a slip. Torres then landed wicked right that was followed by two hard shots, and the bout was stopped at 2:53.
Torres, 136.2 lbs of South Central Los Angeles is 11-0 with nine knockouts. Rodriguez, 137 of Mexico is 8-2-1/
Roberto Meza won an eight-round majority decision over Alberto Torres in a featherweight contest.
Meza, 127 lbs of Temecula, CA won by scores of 78-74 twice and is now 13-2-1. Torres, 124.9 lbs of Sacramento, CA is 11-3-3.
Jose Sanchez stopped Brandon Jimenez in round two of their scheduled six-round featherweight bout.
Sanchez battered Jimenez on the ropes until the fight was stopped at
Sanchez, 124.8 lbs of Cathedral City, CA is 5-0 with four knockouts. Jimenez, 123.7 lbs of Mexico is 5-1.
Saul Bustos remained undefeated by stopping Antonio Duarte after round three of a scheduled six-round super lightweight bout.
Bustos of South El Monte, CA is now 11-0-1 with six knockouts. Duarte is 2-2.
