IBA official/Hall of Fame referee Steve Smoger presented Nico Hernandez with the IBA flyweight title belt

(picture by Tony Scvhock / GS Memorymaker)

PARK CITY, 五月. (二月 11, 2018) – 中美. Olympian and hometown favorite 尼科·埃爾南德斯 captured the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Americas flyweight title in his fourth professional fight, headlining last night’s “KO拳擊之夜” 金 & 榮耀” 卡, 在哈特曼競技場帕克城, 堪薩斯州.

主講 “KO Night Boxing LLC,” the card was taped live to be shown at a later date on CBS Sports Network. “KO拳擊之夜” 金 & 榮耀” 卡, presented by KO Night Boxing LLC,

這位22歲的埃爾南德斯 (4-0, 3 科斯) stopped last-minute replacement, 遊戲 勝利者 “公牛” Torres, 在第五輪.

埃爾南德斯’ 原來對手, Hungarian champion Joseph Ajtai (19-9, 12 科斯), never made it to Wichita due to a series of unfortunate circumstances. Ajtai lost one day in Frankfurt, 德國, after leaving his passport on the plane he took from Budapest. Once he landed in Chicago 週三, he was tied up by a visa issue at U.S. Customs. He missed his connecting flight to Wichita and because of snowstorms that grounded numerous flights, including those to Wichita, Ajtai never made it out of O’Hare Airport, stranded there for several days.

The IBA granted a special exception for Hernandez to fight Torres, due to these unforeseen problems, with the agreement that Hernandez would next fight Ajtai for an IBA title.

“It was an electric night,” 促進者 John Andersen 說. “再次, Nico made the proper adjustment that can be credited to his amateur pedigree. In the amateurs, opponents often change at the last moment and Nico has overcome many obstacles during his boxing career. We’re going to give Josef another title shot against Nico in April or May. They have unfinished business together!

“I was very pleased with Nico’s performance. It’s the best I’ve seen him. He was unbelievable in every way, on point throughout the fight. We also want to give Torres credit for accepting the fight on such late notice.”

Hernandez came out fast from the start, battering Torres’ body with tremendous combinations, and he never let up. Torres absorbed punishment but remained upright, but IBA referee 史蒂夫·斯莫傑 halted the action in the fifth round for Torres’ 安全.

“I’m not leaving this belt,” Hernandez commented at the post fight press conference as he handled his IBA Americas belt. “It’s going everywhere with me. I was looking forward to this fight and I’m ready to continue my success. This is the first (title belt) of many. I got what I worked hard for. I want to thank my coaches, all the work paid off, and now I have this (title belt).”

在共功能的事件, 明尼阿波利斯次中量級 Javonte斯塔克斯 (13-2, 7 科斯) and Mexican veteran 塞薩爾·索里亞諾 (28-36-2, 17 科斯) fought to a six-round majority draw.

Bakersfield, CA pro-debuting 德里克·克萊頓 upset Milwaukee junior welterweight 黑色的Akeem (3-2, 1 KO), registering a second-round technical knockout.

威奇托中量級 傑夫·斯特姆 (2-0, 1 KO) 保持不敗, stopping intrastate rival Brian Clements, 托皮卡, halfway through the opening round.

Another pro-debuting California fighter, 初中量級 Chazz馬西亞斯, 只需要1:20 to knockout Omaha’s Corey Roberts.

Fighting for the first time in 5 年半, 華盛頓特區. 重量級 莫里斯 “貨運火車” Brerm (14-2-1, 10 科斯) took out 300-pounder 理查德 “銀背” 卡馬克 (15-13-1, 12 科斯) 在第一輪比賽.

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