Amari Jones made his first homecoming battle as a professional one to recollect.
Jones dropped Daniel Echeverria twice en path to a knockout win late Saturday night time on the Marriott on Broadway in Oakland, California.
The 22-year-old was sharp from the opening bell, successfully outboxing the southpaw Echeverria. Jones even switched from typical to southpaw and again to southpaw, establishing combos behind a constant jab.
Jones dropped the sport Echeverria in spherical two, courtesy of a left hook for the physique. Echeverria beat the rely and continued to battle on.
Halfway via spherical three, Jones threw and landed a left cross to the pinnacle, dropping Echeverria to the canvas. Referee Dan Stell waved the battle off at 1.39 to the delight of partisan crowd of Jones’ supporters.
Saturday’s win marked Jones’ first battle as a professional in his hometown of Oakland. On December 9, which passed off throughout the San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, Jones stopped Quilisto Madera within the fifth spherical on the undercard of the Devin Haney-Regis Prograis battle.
In his earlier battle on April 20, Jones dominated once-beaten Armel Mbumba-Yassa for 5 rounds earlier than ending issues at 39 seconds of spherical six.
Jones has appeared on a handful of battle playing cards the place Devin Haney has headlined, together with the very shut resolution win over Vasiliy Lomachecko on Might 20 of final 12 months. The win over Mbumba-Yassa passed off on the undercard of Haney’s first defeat as a professional by the hands of Ryan Garcia.
Jones has had Invoice Haney, Devin’s coach, in his nook. For the win over Echeverria, Jones had Julius Pruitt and Joseph Peres in his nook.
Echeverria, who resides in Gomez Palacio, Mexico, falls to 21-13, 18 KOs. The loss to Jones was Echeverria’s first since a knockout loss to Abilkhan Amankul on April 15 of final 12 months. Jones improved to 13-0, 12 knockouts.
Courting again to August 2019, Echeverria has now misplaced his final 5 fights. Echeverria has defeats to Egidijus Kavaliauskas, Shakhram Giyasov and Souleymane Cissokho, all by knockout.
Mild heavyweight Suray Mahmutovic of close by Daly Metropolis defeated Anthony Hollaway by unanimous resolution. Scores had been 59-55, 59-55 and 60-54 for Mahmutovic, who improved to 7-1-1, 6 KOs.
Hollaway, who resides in Peoria, Illinois, falls to 7-7-3, 6 KOs.
Dante Kirkman, a 22-year-old who resides in close by Palo Alto, defeated Mexico Metropolis Miguel Soto-Garcia (1-4) by unanimous resolution. Kirkman improved to 2-0 and is a pupil at Stanford College, which is positioned in Palo Alto.
Saturday’s card was co-promoted by Higher Lower Promotions and Lion’s Den Boxing Promotions.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
