Tony"The Tiger"Lopez Captures NABF Jr. Lightweight Championship
Tony"The Tiger"Lopez (19-0-0-17) walked into the ring at Bally's looking out of shape and walked out with the NABF Jr Lightweight Championship. Lopez stopped tough
Frankie Baltazar (18-1-0-8) in the eighth round of a scheduled twelve. The fight wasn't easy for Lopez as Baltazar came to fight and started quickly nailing Lopez early in the first. Lopez battled back in the second and had a huge round as he pasted Baltazar with vicious hooks and straight rights. In the third Baltazar seemed to be getting back in control until a Lopez hook dropped Baltazar for a three count. Lopez controlled the fourth and fifth round as he continued to rattle Baltazar. In the fifth Baltazar started to turn the tide as he rocked Lopez with a wicked combonation. Baltazar followed the fifth with a great sixth as well he landed some great combos and Lopez seemed to be slowing down. In the eighth Lopez came out looking to get back in charge of things and early in the eighth an explosive hook dropped Baltazar for a nine count. with 1:55 left to go in the round Baltazar had his work cut out for him and a few seconds later a brutal Lopez combo dropped Baltazar this time for an eight count as Baltazar struggled to get to his feet referee Brian Garry waved it off and Lopez leaped into the air to celebrate his victory.
In the co-feature #9 ranked
Jackie Beard (22-0-0-11) easily out boxed the very game #10 ranked
Frankie Otero (17-1-0-10) scoring knockdowns in the ninth and tenth rounds. Scores we all in favor of Beard 100-89, 98-91 and 99-89. In the support Bout
Barry Michael (11-2-3-1) appeard on his way to an upset over
Leonel Hernandez (15-1-0-9) until a bad gash over the right eye ended his night. Hernandez was surprised by how accurate Michael's punches were. Mexico's
Jorge Paez (9-3-1-4) continued to implode dropping his third fight in a row, second of which was by DQ as he was disqualified in the fifth round of a fight he had well in hand agains
Hengky Gun (14-2-0-5). Also on the undercard
Blazer Okubo (12-2-0-3) easily outpointed south africa's
Evans Gwiji (10-6-2-2) over sixz rounds. And in the opener
John-John Molina (2-0-0-0) won a four round unanimous decision over
Steve Head (1-4-0-1) scoring a knockdown in the third and almost finishing him in the fourth but Head proved to be tough.
Jr Lightweight News
Next Month
Ben Villaflor (28-0-0-21) will face
Julio Cesar Chavez (27-0-0-27) for the vacant WBA Championship on the same card
Alexis Arguello (21-0-0-20) will face
Azumah Nelson (21-0-0-20) for the vacant WBC Championship.
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#60 Eziquel Sanchez (14-2-1-2)
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#67 Bomber Uchida (16-4-3-1)
WMD10 #46 Sam Akromah (11-3-1-2)
#44 Alton Colter (9-1-2-3)
D10 #79 Edgar Apatan (13-6-4-1)
#48 Ricardo Arredondo (20-1-1-16)
WTKO9 #63 Harold Warren (15-4-1-4)
#36 Hwan-Kil Yuh (11-0-1-0)
D10 #76 Jimmy Bell (16-4-2-2)
#34 Ugo Poli (15-1-2-1)
D10 #59 Idelfonso Bethemy (21-2-1-3)
#27 Hyun-Chi Kim
WMD10 #25 Alfredo Mercano (13-1-0-6)
#40 Alfredo Escalera (12-1-0-6)
WTKO8 #74 Carlos S Hernandez (13-3-1-3)
#55 Rafael Limon (11-2-1-9)
WTKO6 #39 Ruby Cabiles (10-1-3-2)
#29 Kuniaki Shibata (17-1-0-7)
WTKO6 #62 Tiger Ari (17-2-0-7)
#26 Samuel Serrano (20-1-1-2)
WUD10 #75 Pedro Armando Gutierrez (9-4-2-1)
Jr Lightweight Rankings
Ben Villaflor (28-0-0-21)
Julio Cesar Chavez (27-0-0-27)
Johnny Sato (26-0-0-7)
Azumah Nelson (21-0-0-20)
Alexis Arguello (21-0-0-20)
Carmelo Nwgron (23-0-0-20)
Svein Erik Paulsen (21-0-0-4)
Jackie Beard (22-0-0-11)
Tony Lopez (19-0-0-17)
Tracy Patterson (20-0-0-14)