WBC Continental Americas Tremendous Featherweight champion Marc Castro (13-0, 8 KOs) defeated George ‘Yuyu’ Acosta (17-3, 3 KOs) by a spherical technical resolution on Wednesday night time on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.
(Photograph credit score: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing)
The competition was halted as a result of Acosta’s proper eye had closed from a conflict of heads. Referee Rudy Barragan stopped the combat at 1:10 of the seventh spherical of a scheduled ten-round combat. The scores on the time of stoppage had been 70-63, 70-63, and 70-63.
Within the first three rounds, Acosta, 27, saved coming ahead for probably the most half, with Castro countering properly sufficient to win the rounds by shut.
Within the fifth spherical’s closing minute, Castro landed a flurry of punches, ending with an overhand proper on the chin, which put Acosta in a impartial nook. Acosta labored his manner out of it and again on the offense.
Within the seventh spherical, after a minute, Acosta was lower together with his proper eye because of a conflict of heads, struggling a lot swelling. The ring doctor was introduced in and known as a halt.
Within the co-feature, 2016 Olympic Silver Medalist, IBF North American welterweight champion and No. 1 WBA contender Shakhram ‘Marvel Boy’ Giyasov (15-0, 9 KOs) received a 10-round cut up resolution over Mexico’s Miguel ‘Maquina’ Parra (22-4-1, 14 KOs) in a combat that didn’t appear that shut.
The scores had been 95-94 for Parra, 95-94 and 96-93 for Giyasov.
Within the second spherical’s closing minute, Parra rocked Giyasov with a proper on the chin. A minute into the fourth spherical, Giyasov landed a double left hook to the chin. After the spherical, Parra was warned for speaking throughout the spherical. Parra had an abrasion underneath his proper eye.
Within the fifth spherical’s closing seconds, each landed rights to the chin in one other shut spherical received by Parra. Within the sixth spherical, each had their moments in an motion spherical, with Giyasov rocking Parra with a left hook after being hit by a left hook from Parra on the chin.
Within the seventh, Giyasov landed a borderline left to the physique and dominated a low blow, costing him some extent from Referee David Solivan, with Parra overacting in ache. Within the closing seconds, Giyasov turned southpaw, touchdown a stable left to the chin of Parra, rocking him.
Within the eighth spherical, Giyasov began dropping his palms on the offense halfway and showboating after a superb spherical.
Within the ninth spherical, Giyasov completed the stronger of the 2 after a stable spherical by each. Within the tenth and closing spherical, Parra fought again properly to take an in depth spherical.
Former 2022 USA Nationwide champion Nathan ‘Brickbuster’ Lugo, 2-0, 2 KO) stopped Ray Corona (4-2) at 0:54 within the second spherical of a scheduled 4.
Within the second spherical, Lugo harm Corona, forcing Referee Rudy Barragan to name a halt.
