Nilo Guerrero (left) and Jandeep Sangra play protection throughout their ten-round battle on Sept. 19 in Yakima, Washington. Picture credit score: Nestor Salgado, Legends On line casino Lodge
Nilo Guerrero took a significant step ahead towards contender standing.
Guerrero defeated Mandeep Jangra by majority determination Thursday night time at Legends On line casino Lodge in Toppenish, Washington. Decide Alan Krebs (95-95) scored the bout even. Vincent Santino (96-94) and Perla Rodriguez (98-92) had it for Guerrero in a conflict of unbeaten junior light-weight prospects.
With the win, Guerrero (10-0, 7 knockouts) gained a minor world title belt.
“I’m very grateful for the chance,” stated Guerrero, a Nicaraguan prospect based mostly in Coachella, California. “All of the sacrifice and all of the laborious work was all value it. I’m now much more than ever motivated to return to work and attempt to be higher day by day.”
Guerrero was the more-effective fighter throughout the first half of the struggle. The unbeaten 24-year previous outboxed Jangra, different his offense and related with combos to the pinnacle and physique.
Sensing he was down on the scorecards, Jangra rallied over the last three rounds. He managed to win the tenth spherical on two of the three playing cards. Had he gained it on the Santino’s card, the bout would have resulted in a break up determination draw.
As a substitute, Jangra—an India-bred boxer now based mostly in Florida—was pressured to style his first defeat. The Roy Jones Jr. Boxing Promotions-represented 31-year previous—who additionally trains with the Corridor of Fame boxer out of Pensacola—fell to 10-1 (7 KOs) with the setback.
In his earlier struggle on June 15, Guerrero defeated Diuhl Olguin by unanimous determination. The win over Olguin occurred precisely 4 months after Guerrero knocked out Dan Hernandez within the opening spherical.
Guerrero is promoted by Toro Promotions and is managed by Vartan Torosyan.
Two fighters additionally educated by Jones had been victorious.
Featherweight Dominique Roundtree of Augusta, Georgia defeated Roberto Cantu Pena by determination over six one-sided rounds. All three judges scored the bout 60-53 in favor of Roundtree, who improved to 10-0, 6 KOs.
Cantu Pena, initially from McAllen, Texas and now resides in Rio Bravo, Mexico, fell to 4-4, 3 KOs.
In junior middleweight motion, Keon Papillion (10-0-1, 7 KOs) of Lafayette, Louisiana stopped journeyman Rondale Hubbert (16-33-3, 10 KOs) of Duluth, Minnesota after two rounds.
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 will be reached at [email protected]
