Prospect Robin “Grave Digger” Ellis (4-0, 4 KOs) stopped local journeyman Jorge Ballestros (4-20-3, 3 KOs) in round 2 of their scheduled for 8 round featherweight bout. The bout took place at the Gym Boxeo San Antonio de Palmito, in Sucre, Colombia. Ellis was aggressive from the start versus the more experienced Ballestros. The “Grave Digger” displayed his hand speed connecting with a variety of punishing rapid combinations to the head and body. Ballestros was game but the three minute onslaught of these punches had taken its toll and he did not answer the bell for round 2.
It was the second knockout for Ellis in 7 days having stopped former world title challenger Luis Carillo (18-18-1, 16 KOs) last Saturday at the Yolimar Hostal and Camping in Tolu, Sucre, Colombia. Ellis of Jamaican descent is from New York but resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is trained by Jeff Mayweather and managed by Andy Kim.
Hhmmm….boxrec has Ellis at 3-1 (3 KOs). It shows that he lost his pro debut, and it hasn’t logged the Ballestros win yet, which would make him 4-1 (4KOs)
@USF Bulls- You got me curious so I conducted my own little investigation. I checked boxrec on Ellis. I think you looked on “All-Sports” where it combines the amateur and pro record, and the fight against the illustrious “Ballestros”, who’s first name happens to be Jorge, was not yet registered. It is now, and his pro record is listed as 4-0. (he was 0-1 as an amateur). Total nerd shit I know, but I was curious…another thing about boxrec- for the fighters amateur record, it only includes major tournament fights. I don’t even think local Golden Gloves fights would show up, unless it’s NYC
@Kris You are correct Sir. It defaulted to “All Sports”., and it did in fact add his amateur loss onto the record. My mistake. And yes, I also noticed that the amateur record looks a little light for a lot of the fighters on there. Not sure what they count and don’t count
Does Ballestros have a first name or is it just “Ballestros”, like “Ronaldo” or “Pele”?. I would think you would have to have risen above the journeyman level to adopt mononymous status
It does say his first name is Jorge.