Raymond Muratalla feels just a little disrespected and he could have a proper to be. He beat Tevin Farmer again in July and anticipated to get a title shot.
As an alternative, he acquired Jesus Perez on Saturday evening on the Robson Conceicao-O’Shaquie Foster WBC junior light-weight rematch from Turning Stone Resort & On line casino in Verona, New York.
Poor Perez.
Somebody needed to pay for Muratalla’s pent-up frustration, and it wound up being Perez.
Muratalla, The Ring’s No. 6-ranked light-weight, knocked down Perez twice and stopped him for the primary time in his profession.
Muratalla (22-0, 17 knockouts) is now taking names, from IBF titlist Vasiliy Lomachenko, to WBO titlist Denys Berinchyk, to WBC titlist Shakur Stevenson.
“I’m coming for these champions, I nonetheless acquired it,” Muratalla mentioned. “I don’t know what individuals are speaking about, I’m right here. I’m asking for these title pictures and so they’re not giving them to me. Tonight, I’m proving that I deserve any of these champions.
“I’m prepared for (Lomachenko), Berinchyk, Shakur. You noticed tonight what I’m able to doing.”
Muratalla struck Perez (25-6, 18 KOs) with some lightning within the first spherical, taking pictures his proper to the physique, and snapping Perez’s head again with a straight proper. Muratalla closed the spherical with a left hook to the top with 19 seconds left within the spherical.
HE WANTS THAT TITLE FIGHT 😤
Raymond Muratalla solutions the decision and will get the Spherical 2 KO! pic.twitter.com/RKv7fBPD2M
— Prime Rank Boxing (@trboxing) November 3, 2024
With 2:52 left within the second, Muratalla nailed Perez with an ideal proper on the chin below the jab, sending Perez down susceptible. Muratalla labored effectively off his jab, organising his energy pictures. With 2:01 left within the spherical, Muratalla put Perez down a second time with one other brief proper.
Referee Charlie Fitch correctly stepped in and cease it at 1:24 of the second.
Preventing earlier than his hometown, Bryce Mills, a sharp-looking 23-year-old junior welterweight, used ranges effectively and picked aside Mike Ohan Jr. successful by fifth-round stoppage in a scheduled eight-round battle. Mills (17-1, 6 KOs) landed 42% of his punches, and wore down Ohan Jr. (19-4, 9 KOs).
Junior lightweights Abraham Nova (23-3-1, 16 KOs) and Humberto Galindo (14-3-3, 11 KOs) fought to a 10-round split-draw.
At 1:52 of the eighth and remaining spherical, middleweight Jahi Tucker (13-1-1, 6 KOs) stopped Quilisto Madera (14-5, 9 KOs). Heavyweight Ali Feliz (4-0, 3 KOs) stopped Rashad Coulter (5-5, 3 KOs) at 1:34 within the second of a scheduled six-rounder.
In a scheduled 10-round featherweight battle, Yan Santana (13-0, 12 KOs) stopped Eduardo Baez (23-7-2, 9 KOs) at 1:57 of the fourth. Polish heavyweight Damian Knyba (14-0, 8 KOs) began the evening by stopping Richard Lartey (16-7, 13 KOs) at 2:10 of the third spherical of a scheduled eight-rounder.
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