In a clash between former world champions, Humberto “Zorrita” Soto (69-9-2, 37 KOs) schooled Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios (35-5-1, 26 KOs) over twelve rounds in a super welterweight contest on Saturday night at the Auditorio Municipal in Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.
The 38-year-old Soto landed a lot of fast, clean punches, while the 32-year-old Rios brought relentless aggression. In the end, Soto’s flashy flurries carried him to a 119-111, 118-112, 118-112 win. Soto was an 8:1 underdog going in.
Unbeaten super lightweight Omar “Pollo” Aguilar (12-0, 11 KOs) blasted out Emiliano “Letal” Cruz (11-2, 10 KOs) in round two.
A clash between unbeaten lightweight Hector Tanajara Jr (17-0, 5 KOs) and Ivan “Striker” Delgado (13-2-2, 6 KOs) was stopped between rounds four and five due to a cut suffered by Tanajara. Scores were 40-36 3x. Tanajara wins the vacant USNBC title by technical decision.
Bantamweight Joel Cordova (8-4-2, 1 KO) scored a split decision over WBA #13 super flyweight José Briegel “Gallito” Quirino (20-3-3, 9 KOs). It was a tough, competitive fight with Cordova winning 97-93 on two cards. Quirino was up 96-94 on the third card. Their first fight was a draw.
2016 Olympian flyweight Joselito “Huracan” Velazquez (8-0, 7 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over the very game Kevin Villanueva (10-2-3, 9 KOs). Time 1:46.
6’4 middleweight Diego Pacheco (2-0, 1 KO) outpointed Alberto Aguilar (1-1, 0 KOs) over four. 40-36 3x.
Debuting super middleweight Alexis Espino (1-0, 1 KO) scored a second round KO over Victor Manuel Abrigo (2-2, 1 KO).
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