PHILADELPHIA – Tremendous light-weight Jino “The Silent Beast” Rodrigo (13-4-2, 11 KOs) of Antipolo Metropolis, Rizal, Philippines, took a leap ahead in his profession with a stunning one-punch knockout over previously undefeated Mathew “Lefty Gunz” Gonzalez (15-1-1, 10 KOs) of Ridgewood, New York, in the principle occasion of boxing legend Danny Garcia’s Swift Promotions’ “THE FUTURE IS NOW” occasion from the 2300 Enviornment in Philadelphia and streamed stay on BXNG TV.
With the motion barely underway, the power-punching Rodrigo unexpectedly stepped in with a robust proper hand to the chin that dumped a shocked Gonzalez on the canvas. Though he was capable of bravely regain his ft, Referee David Braslow assessed the nonetheless wobbly southpaw Gonzalez and deemed him unable to proceed at simply 57 seconds of the opening body.
The 29-year-old Gonzalez, a fan favourite on the 2300 Enviornment, had been knocking on the door of a world ranking earlier than this gorgeous upset. After spending his whole profession preventing within the Philippines, Rodrigo was making simply his second ring look in the USA. He misplaced a aggressive unanimous determination to world-ranked Elvis Rodriguez final June during which each fighters tasted the canvas.
Within the eight-round tremendous middleweight co-feature, surging contender Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (39-5-1, 18 KOs) secured his ninth consecutive victory with a second-round technical knockout over Noe Alejandro Lopez (11-7-1, 4 KOs).
Wanting sharp and powerful, LaManna had every thing his approach in opposition to his outclassed opponent. After a one-sided first spherical, a tough jab despatched Lopez down for an eight depend in spherical two. Lopez rose seemingly favoring his left elbow.
The injured Lopez dropped once more seconds later, and Referee Eddie Claudio waved it off for a TKO win at 2:07.
19-year-old welterweight prospect Juan Rivera V (6-0, 4 KOs) of Philadelphia made fast work of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s Yeifer Valencia (6-5, 5 KOs), knocking him out with a single physique shot within the first spherical.
After taking a number of thudding pictures to the pinnacle from the promising Rivera, Valencia lastly crumbled from an ideal proper hand to the photo voltaic plexus. Referee David Braslow reached the depend of 10 at 1:26.
Daiyaan “Badshah” Butt (20-2, 10 KOs) of Philadelphia survived a scare in his eight-round tremendous light-weight bout in opposition to Issouf “Volcano” Kinda (20-7, 9 KOs) of the Bronx by way of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, by profitable a razor-thin cut up determination.
The larger, taller Butt managed the motion within the first spherical with educated mixtures. Butt was reduce by a headbutt in spherical two after which wobbled momentarily by a roundhouse proper hand by the artful veteran Kinda.
The battle settled right into a rhythm within the center rounds, with Butt coming ahead behind sturdy jabs and proper palms to the pinnacle and physique with blended outcomes and the skilled Kinda transferring backward, irritating Butt and stopping to throw sneaky rights over Butt’s low left hand with frequent success.
Sensing the playing cards could also be shut, the fighters got here out throwing bombs with each touchdown properly in spherical eight.
With out warning, Referee Eddie Claudio stopped the motion to deduct a degree from Kinda for holding halfway by way of the ultimate spherical, which ended up making the distinction between a cut up determination and a draw within the battle.
The scores have been 76-75 Butt, 79-72 Kinda and a deciding rating of 77-74 Butt.
Swift Promotions’ prospect Nyousha “SuperFly” Nakhjiri (2-0) of Vancouver, Canada by way of Iran, gained her six-round junior flyweight battle in opposition to a sport Josefina Vega (9-12, 4 KOs) of New York Metropolis by way of unanimous determination.
The graceful-boxing Nakhjiri, a former adorned novice, acquired the very best of most exchanges, however Vega by no means stopped making an attempt and had her moments within the battle. The 2 ladies stored a robust tempo all through the well-fought contest and neither fighter was ever significantly damage. The scores have been 58-56, 58-56, and 59-55.
Undefeated tremendous welterweight Thanjhae Teasley (12-0, 6 KOs) stopped Dominican veteran Eudy Bernardo (25-9, 18 KOs) with a single well-placed physique shot at 1:32 of spherical three.
Teasley appeared to harm Bernardo with a proper hand within the opening seconds of the battle and once more halfway by way of the primary spherical. The largely one-sided motion continued in spherical two, as Teasley managed along with his superior output and punching energy. The battered Bernardo went down from a delayed response left hook to the physique from Teasley in spherical three and took Referee Eddie Claudio’s full 10 depend on his knees.
Canadian southpaw tremendous light-weight Thomas Blumenfeld (8-0, 7 KOs) of Montreal outclassed Frankie Sanchez Jr. (7-2-2, 6 KOs), dropping him twice and scoring the stoppage at 1:21 of spherical two.
Already bleeding closely from the nostril, Sanchez was dropped by a Blumenfeld proper hook with six seconds remaining within the opening spherical. Blumenfeld continued his assault within the second, dropping Sanchez once more halfway by way of the spherical with a sequence of uppercuts and hooks to the physique. Referee David Braslow correctly selected to cease the competition with no depend.
Within the opening skilled bout, undefeated Justin Palmieri (4-0, 2 KOs) handed Antonio Gates (3-1, 2 KOs) his first profession defeat by way of TKO at one second of spherical 4 of their light-weight bout.
Regardless of coming off a 5 ½ 12 months layoff, southpaw Gates got here out firing within the opening stanza, profitable the spherical with superior exercise. Nevertheless, Palmieri, who had simply eight novice fights, stored his cool and began touchdown his thudding energy pictures within the second spherical. Trying to sluggish the onslaught of the surging Palmieri, a tiring Gates misplaced a degree for holding in spherical three.
.With nothing seemingly going his approach anymore, Gates elected to not come out for spherical 4.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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