By Kurt Wolfheimer at ringside

The co-feature of the eight bout card promoted by Top Rank with Peltz Boxing IBF number one ranked welterweight contender Kudratillo “The Punisher”Abdukakhorov (17-0, 9 KOs) remained undefeated in a fight that went to the scorecards in the tenth and final round when former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo (39-8, 20 KOs) who was behind on the scorecards received a brutal cut over the right eye from an accidental headbutt.

Abdudukakhorov fought well early as lured Collazo in and landed counter combinations in the second round. Colazzo continued to press the attack and started to find his range in the third round. It became a chess match in the fourth and fifth rounds. Collazo used his elusiveness to force Abdukakhorov to miss on several combinations, but the ones that landed in the fifth round slowed the advances. Collazo seemed to injure his left arm, but his experience allowed to take the seventh round as he worked the inside. Collazo was cut over the left eye that was opened up from counters from the native of Uzbekistan. Collazo shook his left arm in between rounds to loosen up the injured arm. Collazo was following Abdukakhorov and basically barely throwing his injured left arm as the fight wore on in the ninth. In the tenth both fighters banged heads in a clinch which opened a huge cut over the right eye of Collazo, which was deemed to dangerous to continue, sending the fight to the scorecards. All three judges saw the fight for Kudratillo Abdukakhorov by scores of 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91 for the unanimous decision victory.

Highly touted local heavyweight Sonny Conto (5-0 4 KOs) impressed the fans in the Liacouras Center as he tamed the “The Lion King” Steve Lyons (5-6, 2 KOs) with a dominant first round technical knockout. Conto was dominant throughout the opening round. Conto unloaded a solid four punch combination in the final thirty seconds that really bothered Lyons. The Lion King made it to the corner, but could not continue and the fight was stopped giving Sonny Conto the TKO victory at 3 minutes of the opening round.

Lightweight knockout artist Joseph Adorno (14-0, 12 KOs) continued to rack up the knockouts with second round stoppage of Damien “El Pana” Sosa (9-3, 7 KOs). Adorno took control late in the opening round with a solid counter left that put Sosa on the seat of his pants. Sosa was game and pushed forward with several combinations in the second round. Adorno saw an opening and stepped back before unloading a counter right hand that sent Sosa flailing face first into the ropes. Referee Shawn Clark knew Sosa was in no shape to continue and immediately waived off the fight, giving Adorno the TKO victory at 1:20 of the second round.

Super lightweight Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez (18-0, 12 KOs) put thirty-seven fight veteran Leonardo Doronio (17-17-3, 11 KOs) on his back with a hard counter left up top in round six. Doronio made it to his feet, but he was in no shape to continue. Referee Benji Esteves smartly waved off the bout off at 2:29 of the sixth round, giving Julian Rodriguez the TKO victory.

Super bantamweight Jeremy “Magic hands” Adorno 3-0, 1 KO dropped Misael Reyes (1-3) with a right hook and then boxed his way to a solid four round unanimous decision victory by scores 40-35 x 2 and 38-37 respectively

Super lightweight prospect Josue “The Prodigy” Vargas (15-1, 9 KOs) used his superior hand speed and bodywork to easily outpoint Johnny “The Punisher” Rodriguez (9-5-1, 6 KOs) over eight rounds by scores 80-72 across the board.

Light heavyweight “Cannon Hands” Michael Seals (24-2, 18 KOs) needed just 98 seconds to demolish Elio “La Maquina” Trosch (14-9-2, 7 KOs). A left hoo finished Trosch.