COMMERCE, Calif. – Omar Trinidad asserted himself as a contender at 126 kilos.
Trinidad outboxed Argentina’s Hector Sosa en path to a unanimous resolution in entrance of a partisan and sold-out crowd Saturday on the Commerce On line casino. Scores have been 119-108, 119-108, and 118-109 for Los Angeles’ Trinidad.
The shorter Sosa was the aggressor from the opening bell, making an attempt to stroll down Trinidad and land looping hooks and crosses. A collection of proper crosses linked to the pinnacle of Trinidad to finish the spherical.
Halfway by means of spherical two, a left hook to the pinnacle surprised Trinidad. Moments later, Trinidad landed a left hook of his personal, which dropped Sosa flat onto the canvas. Sosa was in a position to beat the rely and continued to press the motion.
Sosa discovered some success in spherical 4, establishing punches behind a constant jab. Each stood within the pocket durind spherical six, exchanging combos that Trinidad acquired the higher of.
By spherical 9, Sosa seemed drained, as he was shedding steam and effectiveness on his punches. He had additionally suffered a minimize over his left eye, producing blood down the facet of his face.
Sensing he was down on the scorecards, Sosa threw winging hooks and crosses, however hardly ever was he in a position to join on something flush to the pinnacle. Trinidad maintained a disciplined game-plan that noticed him battle from distance, using a jab, and countering with proper arms to the pinnacle.
Saturday night time was a superb studying expertise for Trinidad (17-0-1, 13 knockouts), who went twelve rounds for the primary time.
Sosa (17-3, 9 KOs) was probably the most achieved fighter he had confronted up to now. The win over Sosa additionally secured a No. 2 rating by the IBF.
In his earlier battle on July 26, Trinidad knocked out Viktor Slavinskyi within the tenth spherical. The 28-year-old Trinidad is promoted by Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions.
Within the co-feature, flyweight Daniel Barrera (8-0-1, 4 KOs) of Eastvale, California defeated Tijuana’s Angel Meza Morales (8-2-3, 6 KOs) by unanimous resolution. Scores have been 77-75, 77-75, and 78-74 for Barrera.
Halfway by means of spherical three, the taller Barrera was momentarily surprised by a punch to the pinnacle. Ensenada’s Morales tried to observe up, however Barrera was ring-savvy sufficient to clench or battle from distance.
Barrera was at his finest by creating area in the course of the second half of the battle. He was in a position to outbox Morales, holding him at bay with a constant jab and following that up with straight rights or hooks to the pinnacle or physique.
Each fighters had their moments in the course of the remaining spherical. Barrera began sturdy, however Morales was in a position to get on the within and join an array of hooks and crosses. Each Barrera and Morales continued to land punches and produced strong exchanges till the ultimate bell sounded.
Strawweight Guadalupe Medina (8-0, 2 KOs) of close by Maywood defeated Katherine Lindenmuth (6-3, 2 KOs) of Albuquerque, New Mexico by majority resolution. One decide scored the bout 57-57, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 58-56 for Medica.
Welterweight Gor Yeritsyan (19-1, 15 KOs) dropped late-sub Jonathan Romero in spherical two as soon as en path to a knockout win at 32 seconds of spherical 5.
Yeritsyan, a Los Angeles-based Armenian, was initially scheduled to battle Mylik Birdsong in a compelling conflict of once-beaten welterweights. Birdsong was tragically killed in a drive-by capturing within the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts on September 29.
Romero (35-6, 19 KOs) took the battle on lower than per week’s discover after Oliver Quintana of Mexico backed out of the battle. Romero, a former world titleholder at 122 kilos from Las Vegas through Colombia, suffered his fifth straight defeat.
In light-weight motion, Abel Mejia (6-0, 5 KOs) of close by Orange gained by knockout over Chicago’s Kevin Mangune (6-2, 5 KOs) at 2:48 of spherical 6. The battle was stopped on the recommendation of the ringside doctor as a consequence of a minimize over the attention of Mangune, reportedly from a punch.
Mild heavyweight Umar Dzambekov (10-0, 7 KOs), stopped Tijuana’s Eric Robles (10-5, 9 KOs) in spherical one. Dzambekov scored three knockdowns to power the stoppage at simply 2:14 into the bout. Dzambekov grew up in Vienna, Austria and now resides in Los Angeles. He trains on the Wild Card Health club in close by Hollywood.
San Diego’s Adan Palma (10-0, 6 KOs) knocked out Venezuela’s Carlos Mujica at 47 seconds of spherical 4. A proper cross dropped Mujica (8-8, 2 KOs) to the canvas. Referee Ray Corona to right away stopped the junior featherweight battle.
Within the opening bout, Colombia’s Cesar Villarraga overcame a knockdown to defeat Oxnard’s Sebastian Gutierrez by break up resolution. One decide scored the bout 57-56 for Gutierrez, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 57-56 for Villarraga (11-10-1, 5 KOs).
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
