Via Ken Hissner: At Auditorio Municipal, Torreon, MEX, on ESPN+ Friday, during the Main Event Junior Bantamweight David “El General” Cuellar scored his seventh straight kill and stopped Yader “Chocolate” Cardoza in five rounds.
In the rematch, WBC World Women’s Bantamweight Champion Yuliahn Luna reversed an early loss in 2014 to easily beat Jessica “La Magnifica” Gonzalez by more than ten rounds.
In the main event, Junior Bantamweight David “El General” Cuellar, 22-0 (15), of Queretaro, MEX, stopped Yader “Chocolate” Cardoza, 26-18-1 (8), of Managua, NIC, in the fifth round of a scheduled ten round.
In the first round, the taller Cuellar has the upper hand. In the final thirty seconds, a right from Cuellar nearly sent Blandon over the rope when the referee called it a slip. Blandon was back in the final ten seconds, rocking Cuellar with a punch that got him into trouble by ringing the bell.
In the second round, what looked like a Cuellar knock was supposed to miss. In the third round, Cardoza lost a point after heading. Due to head impact, Cuellar was slashed in the left eyebrow. In the fourth round, Cuellar suffered another cut, this cut on Cuellar’s right eyebrow.
In the fifth inning, a solid right into Cardoza’s body came from Cuellar and he went over the knee.
In a rematch, WBC World Bantamweight Champion Yuliahn “La Cobrita” Luna, 24-3-1 (4), of Gomez, Palacio, Durango, MEX, avenged a previous loss to hit defeated Jessica La Magnifica” Gonzalez, 8 -6-2 (1), of Mexico City, Distrito Federation, MEX, on 10 × 2 laps.
In 2014, Gonzalez defeated Luna, and this is the rematch that the current world champion has been waiting for. In the first round, Luna had the advantage as she got the best Gonzalez, and then passed. In the second half, Gonzalez continued to advance while Luna counter-attacked well, especially the right to head to head. At the end of the round, Gonzalez had a lot of swelling under his right eye.
In the first seconds of the third round, Gonzalez landed left above, knocking out Luna’s head. For the rest of the round, Luna was in control. In the fourth round, Gonzalez continued to push forward and when countered, often fell into a deadlock position.
In the fifth inning, began to get frustrated because halfway through while a pounce landed on Luna’s shoulder, costing her a point. In the sixth round, it was the same thing, with Gonzalez’s swelling in his right eye getting worse and worse but still trying to get into action before falling to the ground but another man was left out.
In the seventh inning, Gonzalez escaped another shoulder bump to Luna’s chin. Luna won every round, but Gonzalez kept going. In the 1/8 round, Gonzalez was slashed at the bridge of his nose. Luna escaped Gonzalez’s blow to the back of the head on several occasions.
In the ninth round, Luna continued to lead Gonzalez by one step in terms of physical speed. In the tenth and final round, a fight with too much leverage, and Luna won each round, with Gonzalez having bruises under both eyes and a cut on his nose at the end.
Bantamweightweight Luis “Peluchin” Araujo, 11-0-2 (8), of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, MEX, scored a pair of kills, stopping Francisco “Junior Zurdito” Rivas, 8-9 (5), of Castanos , Coahuila de Zaragoza, MEX, in the third of eight scheduled rounds.
In the first round, it was all Araujo, whose body attack didn’t stop supporting Rivas, who on a number of landings left blows on Araujo’s chin. In the second round, Araujo exploded with a final left hook midway through and knocked Rivas down with an 8 in the final minute of the round. Rivas suffered a cut on his left eyebrow and the bridge of his nose.
In the third round, Araujo continued to assault Rivas, dropping him one last time as the referee dismissed him.
Featherweight champion Jose Trujillo 15-6-2, blocked by Jorge Mata, 13-0-2 (9), at 1:22 of the fourth round.
In the first three innings, Mata put pressure on Trujillo, who, when dropped into the rope, fought back but not enough to win one round.
In the fourth inning, after a minute, a precise cross from Mata and Trujillo knocked Trujillo down gave Trujillo a count of 8. Halfway through the half again, a cross from the left flank and Trujillo began counting the numbers on his knees. .
