Golden Boy Promotions delivered on the promise to reward followers with a Struggle of the Yr candidate, because the all-out brawl between Luis “Pantera” Nery (34-1, 26 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico and Armenian-born Azat “Loopy A” Hovhannisyan (21-4, 17 KOs) of Los Angeles saved followers on their ft bellowing a refrain of cheers in help of each fighters as the 2 went to warfare.
The WBC Tremendous Bantamweight Title Eliminator was scheduled for 12-rounds, and the referee stopped the battle at 1:51 in spherical 11. The occasion, introduced in affiliation with Zanfer Boxing, came about on the Fox Theater Pomona and was broadcast solely worldwide on DAZN.
“I knew this was going to be a really troublesome battle, Azat is a really robust fighter,” mentioned Luis Nery. “We gave the followers an unbelievable present. I would like the winner between Naoya Inoue and Stephen Fulton. I really feel prepared for a world championship.”
“We’re disenchanted on this end result, however that’s boxing,” mentioned Azat Hovhannisyan. “There was a variety of back-and-forth motion, and we did all that we may.”
Particular VIP friends of the night time included Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya, Golden Boy Associate Bernard Hopkins, Mayor of Pomona Tim Sandoval, former seven-time world champion and Corridor of Famer “Sugar” Shane Mosley, Actor Mario Lopez, three-division world champion Vasily Lomachenko, and Golden Boy fighters together with “Zurdo” Ramirez, “Scrappy” Ramirez, Alexis Rocha, Jousce Gonzalez, Yokasta Valle and extra.
Within the co-main occasion, Shane Mosley, Jr. (19-4, 10 KOs) went the gap in a 10-round tremendous middleweight battle in opposition to Chihuahua, Mexico’s Mario “Aguila” Lozano (33-11, 24 KOs). The 2 went backwards and forwards for a majority of the bout, Mosley discovering a rhythm within the later rounds. The judges scored the bout 100-90, 99-91, 99-91.
“This battle confirmed me that I nonetheless have room to sharpen up a bit,” mentioned Shane Mosley, Jr. “I solely had three weeks to arrange, so all issues thought-about, I really feel like I obtained the job executed. He’s fought with some robust guys so I knew this was going to be a tough battle. I wished to get an enormous KO in entrance of the hometown crowd and make an announcement. I used to be keen to be quite a bit riskier. My dream continues to be to change into a world champion, and I’m going to do it.”
Ricardo “El Niño” Sandoval (21-2, 16 KOs) of Rialto confirmed off his spectacular abilities with a blinding, second-round knockout of Jerson Ortiz (17-7, 8 KOs) of Managua, Nicaragua. Scheduled as a 10-round flyweight bout, Sandoval took care of enterprise with an influence shot to the physique at 2:46 within the second spherical that despatched Ortiz to the mat.
“This battle proves that I’m a top-level flyweight,” mentioned Ricardo Sandoval. “I’m able to tackle greater names in my division, and I would like the larger fights. I had watched a few his movies earlier than, so I knew he was a grimy fighter. I had instructed the referee concerning the head butting so he was conscious.”
Opening up the DAZN broadcast, Rowdy “Legend” Montgomery (9-4-1, 6 KOs) of Victorville defeated the resilient Christian “Ruso” Olivas (22-9, 19 KOs) of San Ysidro in an eight-round tremendous middleweight match. Montgomery gained through unanimous determination.
For the Nery vs. Hovhannisyan preliminary bouts, Asa “Ace” Stevens (4-0, 2 KO) of Waianae, Hawaii added a knockout to his report with a victory over Jenn Gonzalez (9-17-1, 5 KOs) of Santa Teresa, Nicaragua. Gonzalez give up on the stool after the second spherical.
Opening the night time with a stellar debut, Odessa, Ukraine’s Andrii Novytski (1-0, 1 KO) made an announcement with a knockout victory over Gabriel Costa (1-4) of Woburn, Missouri. Scheduled for four-rounds, the heavyweight bout solely made it to 1:22 of the primary spherical.
