By Jim Dower: Light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (26-2-1, 21 KO’s) stopped Hector Alatorre (16-9, 5 KO’s) in the 10th round on Thursday night at the Club Nokia, in Los Angeles, California. Ortiz, 24, hurt the badly over-matched Alatorre with a huge left-right combination that caused referee David Mendoza to step in and halt the bout at 0:51 of the 10th round.
Ortiz, 24, was making only his second appearance since being stopped in the 6th round last year by the big punching Marcos Maidana in June 2009. Instead of slugging it out like he usually does, Ortiz fought under control, hammering Alatorre with hard jabs and blistering left hands to the head. Alatorre was never really in this fight, and had to be content with taking shots and being able to take Ortiz deep in the fight.
Alatorre landed a couple of nice right hands in the 2nd round that caused Ortiz to respond with some big left hands of his own that appeared to hurt Alatorre. Ortiz continued to fight well in the 3rd through six rounds. By the 6th, Alatorre was bleeding under his right eye. Ortiz pounded Alatorre with shots in the 7th and 8th, trapping him against the ropes and landing with huge shots.
In the 9th, Ortiz worked Alatorre over with heavy shots, mixing them from head to body. Ortiz still fought in a controlled manner not rushing things like he had done in his loss against Maidana. However, Ortiz poured it on in the 10th round, blasting away at Alatorre until the referee stepped in and mercifully stopped the fight at 0:51 of the round.
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