Boxing results: Jaime Munguia stopped by Bruno Surace!

Former WBO Light Middleweight Champion Jaime Munguia (44-2, 35 KOs) was upset and stopped by EBU Silver Middleweight Champion Bruno Surace (26-0-2, 5 KOs) in at 2:36 of the sixth round in a 10-round program. fight Saturday night in Tijuana, Mexico.

In the first round, Munguia had a slight advantage with both punches after the bell, so referee Juan José Ramírez had to step in and stop.

In the second round, after a minute, Munguia landed a left hook to the chin and dropped Surace for the first time in his career by an 8 count from referee Ramirez. He managed to reach the bell. In the third round, Munguia had Surace on the defensive throughout the round, mostly against the ropes, and was lucky to survive the bell.

In the fourth lap, it was all Munguia. With half a minute left, Surace landed his best shot of the fight with a right uppercut to the chin that rocked Munguia. In the sixth round, Munguia had Surace against the ropes several times, but was unable to land enough punches to finish Surace.

In the sixth round, Munguia landed a couple of lefts to the chin, keeping Surace against the ropes. Surace countered with a right to the chin, and Munguia fell to his back, barely beating the nine count, but referee Ramirez saw enough and wisely stopped. Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr. it took more than ten minutes to announce stoppage time for more than ten minutes.

Unreal finish in slow motion 😳 #MunguiaSurace pic.twitter.com/2bE9JOTF6E

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Junior middleweight Jorge ‘Chino’ Garcia, 32-4 (26), defeated Kudratillo ‘The Punisher’ Abdukakhorov, #1581⁄4, of Andijan, UZB, 20-4 (12), over 10 rounds.

In the first three rounds, Abdukakhorov outplayed Garcia. By the fifth round, Garcia was landing uppercuts backing up Abdukakhorov.

In the sixth round, Abdukakhorov continued to switch to southpaw and back to orthodox.

In the ninth round, Garcia finished the stronger of the two. In the tenth and final round, Garcia hurt Abdukakhorov in the dying seconds.

Scored 97-92, 99-90 twice.

In the main event, super bantamweight Alan Picasso, 31-0-1 (17), knocked out southpaw Yehison Cuello, 13-3-1 (11) at 1:55 of the third round of a ten-round scheduled

In the first two rounds, it was all Picasso. In the third round, a left hook to the body dropped Cuello for a full count by referee Juan José Ramírez.

Super bantamweight Sebastian ‘Logan’ Hernandez Reyes, 18-0 (17), stopped Sergio ‘El Canalla’ Sosa, 14-5-3 (3) at 2:59 of the seventh round of a scheduled ten-rounder .

In the first three rounds, Sosa worked the body of Hernández. In the fourth round, Sosa had Hernandez against the ropes for most of the round. In the fifth round, Hernandez came back holding.

In the seventh round, Hernández left Sosa defenseless with a flurry of punches, prompting referee Edgar López to interrupt.

Featherweight WBC Youth Continental champion Christian ‘El Pelon’ Islas, 11-3-1 (7), lost to southpaw Juan Anacona, 13-1 (6), in eight rounds.

Anacona had the advantage in the first three rounds. In the fifth round, Islas had his best round, although he suffered a nosebleed.

In the closing seconds of the sixth round, the action was stopped when Islas complained about his right eye from an Anacona left. By the seventh round, Isles’ nose was bleeding and his right eye was partially closed. In the eighth and final round, Anacona had Islas on defense, who was being supported.

Results 79-73, 77-75, 78-74.

Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr.