By Manuel Perez: In another fight involving a fighter with some talent but also with some deep, deep flaws, undefeated light welterweight prospect Mike Alvarado (24-0, 17 KOs) stopped top lightweight contender Miguel Angel Huerta (27-10-1, 18 KOs) in the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Friday night at National Western Complex Arena, in Denver, Colorado. Alvarado, 28, hurt Huerta with an uppercut in the 4th round and then landed nine unanswered punches as Huerta tried to cover up on the ropes, leading to referee Stephen Blea halting the fight at 2:22 of the 4th round.
Miguel Angel Huerto
Latest Boxing News – Holyfield vs. Valuev; Alvarado-Huerta
Evander Holyfield is convinced that neither size nor age will matter in Saturday´s showdown with Nikolai Valuev. The 46-year-old challenger is determined to become the oldest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing when he takes on the Russian Giant in front of a sell-out crowd of 12.500 fans in Zurich. In order to put his name in the record books, though, he needs to defeat the biggest and tallest champion of all time. “I will display a performance that will surprise many people,” Holyfield said at today´s official press conference.
Huerta Stops Alicea
Lightweight challenger Miguel Huerta (26-8-1, 18 KOs) used a vicious body attack to stop veteran fighter Daniel Alicea (30-7-2, 22 KOs) in the 3rd round on Friday night at the Cicero Stadium, in Cicero, Illinois. Huerta, ranked # 8 in the World Boxing Council lightweight division, was pounding away unmercifully at Alicea with left hooks to the body in the 3rd round of the fight, causing referee Genaro Rodriguez to stop the bout at 2:05 of the 3rd round. Alicea, 35, had been hurt earlier in the round with one of Huerta’s crushing left hooks the body, and had taken another dozen or so punches to the body at the time of the stoppage.
Huerta, 29, started off the bout well in the first round, mixing up his punches to the body and head. However, when he started landing left hooks to the body, it had a big effect on Alicea, as he appeared to wince with pain, trying to back away to keep Huerta from following up with additional shots. Huerta continued landing almost exclusively left hooks to the body for the remainder of the round, something that the crowd loved as they screamed each time Hueta would go downstairs with one of his hooks. In the 2nd round, however, Alicea caught Huerta with a number of right hands as he was coming forward, snapping Huerta’s head back.