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COSTA MESA, CALIF.- Explosive Armenian contender Azat "Crazy" Hovhannisyan (14-2, 11 KOs) defended his WBC Continental Americas Super Bantamweight Title in exciting fashion as he defeated hometown hero Ronny Rios (29-3, 13 KOs) via sixth-round technical knockout in the main event of the March 9 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN before a sold-out crowd at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Local hometown hero and former world title challenger Ronny Rios (29-2, 13 KOs) and explosive Armenian contender Azat "Crazy A" Hovhannisyan (13-2, 10 KOs) made weight ahead of their 10-round super bantamweight clash on the March 9 edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. ESPN Deportes will air the fights beginning at 9:00 ET/6:00 p.m. PT and on ESPN2 at midnight ET/9:00 p.m. PT. ESPN 3 will live stream the fights beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 PT.
Golden Boy Promotions and Cancun Boxing initiated their new partnership in exciting fashion as Jose "Chiquiro" Martinez (20-0-1, 13 KOs) captured the NABO Super Flyweight Title by defeating Jesus Martinez (23-3, 11 KOs) via a brutal shot to the liver in the fourth round of the scheduled 10-round main event of the latest edition of Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN at the Poliforum Benito Juarez in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Jose Martinez hurt his opponent in each and every round, dropping him with shots to the body in the third and fourth rounds, the latter of which Jesus Martinez was unable to recover from. The fight was officially stopped at :19 of the fourth round.
Minimumweight contender Janiel Rivera (16-2-3, with 10 KOs) knocked out Marco Antonio Sanchez (12-6-3, with 7 KOs) at 1:59 of the second round. Rivera, who is promoted by Miguel Cotto, is ranked number eight by the IBF.
Featherweight Tenochtitlan Nava (6-0, with 1 KO) won a six round unanimous decision over Christian Renteria. Nava landed the more-telling blows throughout the fight against the southpaw Renteria (7-5, with 6 KOs). Scores were 60-54, 59-55, and 58-56 for Nava.
Someone must have forget to give Romero Duno a memo that he was supposed to be just an opponent for unbeaten Christian Gonzalez on Friday night. Instead, he remained focused and eager to prove many people wrong at the expense of Gonzalez.
Indio, Calif. - Highly-regarded lightweight prospect Ryan Martin stopped Yardley Suarez in the fourth round. Martin (18-0, 11 KOs) was in control from the beginning of the fight, utilizing his strength and pinpoint accuracy to put Suarez (19-6, 10 KOs) on the defensive.
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. - In a WBA lightweight world title eliminator, Petr 'Zar' Petrov (38-4-2, 18 KOs) dropped and battered Michael 'The Artist' Perez (24-2-2, 11 KOs), for a TKO in six rounds.
Lightweight Oscar Duarte (7-0-1, 4 KOs) knocked out Omar Garcia (5-4, 1 KO) at 58 seconds of the first round. It was Duarte's first bout working with trainer Joel Diaz. In the opening bout of the Golden Boy Promotions card, junior welterweight David Mijares (3-0, 2 KOs) knocked out Jorrell Sparenberg (0-2) at 1:36 of the second round.
LOS ANGELES - Golden Boy Promotions fighters set to demonstrate their skills in the ring at the August 5 and August 19 editions of LA FIGHT CLUB today hosted a media workout at C M Boxing Stables in the City of Alhambra. Headlining the August 5 card, Carlos "The Solution" Morales, Angel Bojado, Joet Gonzalez, Pablo "The Shark" Rubio, Jr., and Jousce Gonzalez, were in attendance as well as Vyacheslav "Lion Heart - Chingonsky" Shabranskyy, who is set to headline the August 19 edition along with stable mates Ivan "Striker" Delgado, Alexis Rocha, and David Mijares.