Undefeated lightweight prospect Nestor Bravo (19-0, 13 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Jose Luis Gallegos (19-9, 14 KOs) on Wednesday night from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with no spectators present. Bravo built up a lead then faltered late, getting deducted a point by referee Jack Reiss in both rounds nine and ten for holding. Scores were 96-92, 96-92, 97-91.
In a battle of unbeaten featherweights, Victor Pasillas (16-0, 9 KOs) scored an impressive sixth round KO against Ranfis Encarnacion (17-1, 13 KOs). Pasillas rocked Encarnación at the end of round five, then pummeled him to the canvas to end it in round six. Time was 2:29.
Undefeated super middleweight Maidel Sando (10-0, 7 KOs) took a hard fought eight round unanimous decision over rugged Genc Pllana (8-2-1, 4 KOs). Scores were 80-72, 78-74, 79-73.
Pasillas stole the show. He showed major league talent and charisma. Hopefully he gets future opportunities as boxing badly needs star power.
After watching Victor Pasillas totally dominate Encarnacion by moving around, punching in combination and keeping his opponent on defense all night, seeing Bravo and Gallegos fight was like watching a match in slow motion. Pasillas has a great future and has the skills to get to the top and stay there for a long time. He is not a KO artist, but is a sharp hitter, is extremely quick, and hits hard enough to get anyone’s respect. He has superb boxing skills and was in great shape for this fight.
As for Bravo, he looked decent for the first half of the fight then fell apart in the second half. Even when he was doing well, he was throwing one punch at a time and looked slow while doing so. Gallegos started coming on in the second half of the fight and had Bravo backing up and resorting to excessive holding and other questionable tactics. It didn’t look like he was in shape to fight more than 6 rounds. Unless he drastically improves, I just don’t see a bright future for him.
I thought Nesto Bravo hurt his back or something because in the later rounds he was holding alot. Any body else see that?