“LA Fight Club” Continues to Deliver

By Boxing News - 05/08/2015 - Comments

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Michael Montero – Last night Golden Boy Promotions put on another entertaining “LA Fight Club” card in downtown Los Angeles. These cards are always fun because of the club-like atmosphere of the venue, the young local prospects featured who are looking to impress, and the passionate crowds they bring from their local neighborhoods. Below are details of the three televised bouts on Fox Sports 1.

Manuel Avila – Erik Ruiz, 122lbs, 10 rounds
In the main event, both fighters started at a controlled pace early on. Ruiz, trained out of nearly Oxnard by Robert Garcia, stalked and moved well, but Avila seemed to get off first. Avila utilized his jab well and punched in combination. This fight was a mix of a tactical chess on the outside, with some occasional explosive flurries. Ruiz was competitive and landed some hard shots, but it was all one punch at a time. The challenger just seemed hesitant to let his hands go throughout. Avila controlled the distance with his jab and lateral movement, and seemed unaffected by any of the punches his opponent landed. All three judges had it 100-90 for Avila, which seemed a bit wide. Regardless, Avila improves to 17-0 (7KO), while Ruiz falls to 13-3 (6KO).

Diego De La Hoya – Ramiro Robles, 126lbs, 8 rounds
This was the fight of the night! In a battle of two Mexican-born fighters, undefeated De La Hoya entered the ring to tremendous crowd support and came out guns blazing in the early going. Robles showed a sturdy chin and fought back, proving that he did not come to simply be the “opponent”. De La Hoya displayed a versatile offensive attack, but also showed he could be hit, which made for an exciting bout. By the eighth and final round Robles face was badly swollen, but he never stopped punching. It was a highly entertaining one-sided right. The judges scored it 80-72 unanimously for De La Hoya, who improves to 10-0 (6KO), while Robles drops to 12-3-1 (6KO) in a tough night at the office. “It was exciting to give the fans a great fight”, said De La Hoya afterwards, “I think it’ll be the fight of the night.” Robles was classy in defeat, saying “he (De La Hoya) is very smart, very intelligent, he knows how to move around the ring.”

Oscar Negrete – Luis Maldonado, 122lbs, 6 rounds
In a match between orthodox Negrete and southpaw Maldonado, a clash of heads in the first round opened a nasty gash on the veteran’s forehead. Maldonado fought through it, and came out with a sense of urgency in the second. However over the next few rounds Negrete continued to land punches from all angles, breaking down his opponent. In the sixth another cut opened above Maldonado’s right eye; the ring doctor inspected it and decided to stop the fight as his face was a bloody mess. Under California rules, any fight stopped due to injury after the fourth round goes to the scorecards. The judges called it 50-46 and 50-45 twice for Negrete, who improves to 9-0 (4KO), while Maldonado falls to 38-13-1 (29KO).

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