WBO #2 Espinoza Annihilates Vargas in Two Brutal Rounds

 

Mexico’s Ricardo “Hindu” Espinoza (21-2, 18 KOs) made the most of his Telemundo appearance in the main event of “Rumble at the Rock III,” tonight (Vendredi, Novembre. 30), at Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino à Hollywood, Floride, by destroying previously undefeated Yeison Vargas (17-1, 12 KOs) of Colombia in two rounds

 

 

 

After an uneventful first round, Espinoza impressively opened up and dropped Vargas three times in the second. In the process, Espinoza, the streaking WBO #2 concurrent, picked up a TKO 2 and the WBO Latino Bantamweight Championship. Having never left his homeland for a fight before, Vargas seemed unprepared for the brutal power of Espinoza’s hooks and right hands. The time was 1:19.

 

 

 

Dans l'événement co-principal poids welter de 10 rounds, Puerto Rican prospect Derrieck Cuevas (19-0-1, 14 KOs) scored an impressive unanimous 10-round decision over Miami via Barranquilla, Colombia veteran Breidis “Khanqueror” Prescott (31-15, 22 KOs).

 

 

 

Cuevas is a wicked puncher. Prescott was down in round one from a thudding left hook and was saved by the bell from a quick KO loss. What followed over the next nine rounds was a clinic from the surprisingly elusive 24-year-old Cuevas on hitting, dur, and not getting hit back.

 

 

 

Always a warrior, the battle-proven Prescott tried for the entire fight, but simply couldn’t reach Cuevas with anything consequential. Cuevas looks to have the goods to continue to climb the 147-lb ladder into contender status. The scores were not announced.

 

 

 

Popular Miami light heavyweight Ulysses Diaz (7-0, 6 KOs) was too much for Sonora, Mexico’s Fabian Valdez (3-5), as he stopped him in two rounds of a scheduled four. “The Monster” Diaz, a serious crowd favorite in South Florida, clubbed Valdez with his trademarked sledgehammers, sending the hapless Mexican reeling around the ring until the slaughter was mercifully waved off at 49 secondes. Valdez was down from a body shot in round one.

 

 

 

Miami lightweight Manuel Correa (3-0, 2 KOs) pounded out a brutal unanimous (40-36 x 3) four-round decision over Dustin Arnold (6-2, 1 KOs) de Coral Springs, Floride.

 

 

 

Lacking the power to get the relentlessly energized fists of Correa away from him, Arnold did well to survive the onslaught. His face didn’t feel so lucky though, as he was reduced to a bloody mask during the carnage. Correa is a pitbull worth having another look at. The normally capable Arnold will have to improve his power to compete with savagery of the type that fighters like Correa can generate.

 

 

 

Miami welterweight Livan Navarro (10-0, 6 KOs) scored an entertaining fourth-round knockout (54 secondes) over Colombian veteran Wilfrido Buelvas (19-11, 13 KOs). The pair of sluggers traded free-swinging haymakers throughout. Buelvas even looked to have hurt Navarro in the second, mais, eventually, Navarro’s superior power took over and that was it for the Colombian from Barranquilla.

 

 

 

Buelvas went down twice in round three and twice more in round four, the final time for the full 10 compter.

 

 

 

Dans un combat de poids super-plume de huit rounds, former top-ranked veteran Mike “Machine Gun” Oliver (26-10-1, 8 KOs) of Hartford showed the ravages of time, as he flopped twice and quit in the first round against Miami’s undefeated featherweight Hairon “El Maja” Socarras (20-0-3, 12 KOs). What would have been an entertaining scrap a few years ago was more of a sad exhibition as Oliver dropped from the two punches he caught and elected to quit after the second “knockdown.” The time was 50 secondes.

 

 

 

All-action Miami featherweight Jessy Cruz (15-7-1, 6 KOs) continued his winning streak with a four-round beatdown of Mexican veteran Isaias Martin Cardona (25-15, 17 KOs). Cardona, a showboating type, was down in round, une, three and four. After the fourth, saner heads prevailed, and he was prevented from coming out for the fifth. The official verdict was a TKO 5 (0:01).

 

 

 

Miami via Cuba’s hard-punching super middleweight Irosvani Duvergel (5-0, 3 KOs) stayed undefeated by making quick work of Miami’s Yendris Rodriguez Valdez (2-3, 2 KOs) par voie de TKO 1 (1:46). The exciting Cuban was too strong for Valdez and after going down from a right hand, Valdez’s corner signaled their man’s surrender.

 

 

 

A four-round featherweight contest ended early when Puerto Rico’s Luis “Chucho” Melendez (3-1, 2 KOs) scored a TKO 2 (2:13) over debuting local Jonathan Conde. After a routine first round, Melendez had Conde down three times, the first with a counter left hook and then twice more with big right hands.

 

 

 

In the four-round heavyweight opener between two Miami-based sluggers, Hector “Ready for War” Hodge (3-3, 1 KO) spoiled the pro debut of Jairus Gladney (0-1) by knockout at 1:43 du deuxième tour. The pair of big men traded wild shots until Hodge found pay dirt with a southpaw left hand, dropping Gladney. Gladney rose but was in no condition and another roundhouse left finished things.

 

 

 

“Rumble at the Rock III” was presented by Kris Lawrence and The Heavyweight Factory, in association with Tuto Zabala of All Star Boxing.

 

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Main and Co-Main Events to be Featured Live on Boxeo Telemundo

The undercard has been finalized for “Rumble at the Rock III," cette Vendredi, Novembre. 30, à Hard Rock Event Center au Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino à Hollywood, Fla.

 

 

 

Organisateur Kris Lawrence et The Heavyweight Factory, en association avec Tuto Zabala of All Star Boxing, have put together an exciting night of boxing, featuring Colombian Bantamweight Champion Yeison Vargas (17-0, 12 KOs) de Carthagène, La Colombie affronte le champion poids coq latino WBO Ricardo Espinoza (21-2, 18 KOs) dans un 10 tours pour le Championnat WBO-NABO.

 

 

 

Dans l'événement co-principal poids welter de 10 rounds, Grottes de Derrieck (18-0-1, 14 KOs) de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, affrontera Miami via Barranquilla, Colombie, vétéran Breidis «Khanqueror» Prescott (31-14, 22 KOs).

 

Tickets for “Rumble at the Rock III” cost $60, $100, $150, $250 et $500 VIP et sont disponibles via ticketmaster.com. The live Boxeo Telemundo telecast on Telemundo starts at 11:30 p.m. EST.

 

 

 

In support of the televised action will be an eight-fight undercard, featuring several of the area’s most promising fighters.

 

 

 

Dans une bataille de super poids plume de huit rounds, Miami’s undefeated Hairon “El Maja” Socarras (19-0-3, 12 KOs) will take on former top-ranked veteran Mike “Machine Gun” Oliver (26-9-1, 8 KOs) de Hartford, Conn.

 

 

 

Also on the undercard is Miami heavyweight Jairus Gladney who will make his pro debut in a four-rounder against Miami’s Hector Hodge (2-3).

 

 

 

In a four-round light heavyweight scrap, Miami’s Ulysses Diaz (6-0, 5 KOs) will face Sonora, Mexico’s Fabian Valdez (3-4).

 

 

 

Undefeated super middleweight Irosvani Duvergel (4-0, 2 KOs) of Miami via Cuba, will fight six rounds against Miami’s Yendris Rodriguez Valdez (2-3, 2 KOs).

 

 

 

A featherweight six-rounder will pit Miami’s all-action Jessy Cruz (14-7-1, 6 KOs) against Mexican veteran Isaias Martin Cardona (25-14, 17 KOs).

 

 

 

Lightweights Dustin Arnold (6-1, 1 KOs) of Coral Springs and Miami’s Manuel Correa (2-0, 2 KOs) will go six rounds or less.

 

 

 

In the night’s opening bout, two Miami-based featherweights, Luis Melendez (2-1, 2 KOs) and Jonathan Conde (pour les débuts), ira quatre tours.

 

 

 

La nuit de combat, les portes du Hard Rock Event Center s'ouvrent à 6 p.m., et l'action commence à 7 p.m. Hôtel Seminole Hard Rock & Le casino est situé au 1 Seminole Way à Hollywood, Fla.

Colombian bantamweight Yeison “El Mulo” Vargas will be experiencing a number of career firsts in the Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino à Hollywood, Floride, and live on Boxeo Telemundo, vendredi, Novembre 30.

 

 

 

That’s when Cartagena’s undefeated Vargas (17-0, 12 KOs) will face Mexico’s Ricardo Espinoza (21-2, 18 KOs) for the WBO-NABO Championship in the 10-round main event of promoter Kris Lawrence and The Heavyweight Factory’s (in association with All Star Boxing) “Rumble at the Rock III” event.

 

 

 

In the first important crossroads fight of his three-year career, Vargas be fighting for the first time outside his homeland, and also having his first fight under The Heavyweight Factory promotional banner.

 

 

 

Préparer, Vargas has spent training camp working with well-known Florida-based trainer Herman Caicedo in Miami. “This is the best training camp I’ve ever had,»Dit Vargas. “I’m learning so many new skills and different techniques from Herman. I feel so good, I can’t wait to hear the bell ring.”

 

 

 

28-year-old Vargas, the current Colombian Champion, says he’s ready for a gritty battle if that’s what it takes against Espinoza, the WBO Latino Bantamweight Champion. “I know he’s a good fighter and that he won’t lay down. He will be there to win too, and I need to be impressive in beating him. I also know he’s a big puncher. That’s what I like to hear. We can go to war.”

 

 

 

Vargas says he hooked up with the Hollywood, Florida-based Heavyweight Factory through his manager Angel Villegas and is hoping to start cultivating a fan-base in Florida, and because of the TV exposure, Amérique du Nord.

 

 

 

“This is my most important fight yet,»Dit Vargas. “Winning this fight means climbing the ladder in the United States. That’s been my dream since I started boxing. I want the fans to know I’m going to put on an exciting performance for them, so they remember my name.”

 

 

 

Dans l'événement co-principal poids welter de 10 rounds, Grottes de Derrieck (18-0-1, 14 KOs) de Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, affrontera Miami via Barranquilla, Colombie, veteran Breidis “Khanqueror” Prescott (31-14, 22 KOs).

 

 

 

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