Zou Shiming, Estrada, Gradovich, Ruiz Win in Macau
Macau, China - Chinese amateur legend and the star of the night Zou Shiming (2-0) continued his progress and also scored his second professional victory over 19-year old Mexican Jesus Ortega (3-2, 2 KOs), though his future prospects at the top level remain very foggy, which surely shouldn't be considered a surprize for a 32-year old flyweight debutant even though he is a two-time Olympic champion. It's to be noted that Shiming did improve under Freddie Roach's tutelage. With his feet, set firm on the canvas, and his professional stance, which wasn't the case in his debut, Shiming started fastly against the Mexican youngster. Zou was all over Ortega for the first couple of minutes but then Ortega started to fight back. Shiming landed many clean shots but without closing his fist in the glove, it's increasingly hard to deal damage to your opponent. Shiming spent too much energy in the opening stanza, and Ortega took advantage of it in the second. Shiming rallied back in the third, and the Mexican once again came back in the fourth. Ortega wasn't punching hard either but he used holes in Shiming's amateurish defense to land many blows.