Jessie Magdaleno earned a third-round technical knockout over Luis Coria on Saturday night at the Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, California.

The time of the stoppage was 3:00 with Coria’s corner stopping the fight at the end of the round in the ProBox-aired fight.

Magdaleno, a former belt holder who is now 33, entered the ring on a 10-month layoff. Magdaleno started at a measured pace. A flurry of punches from Magdaleno stumbled Coria backward in the opening round. Coria absorbed the powerful blows well as he bravely continued to move forward. Coria showed signs of life in round two, landing a big right hand on Coria. An accidental head clash also occurred in that round with neither suffering a cut. A right hook from Magdaleno in round three forced Coria to stumble for the second time in the fight. Magdaleno landed a straight left followed by a right hook that dropped Coria at the end of round three. Coria would get to his feet and finish the round, though the corner felt their fighter had seen enough for the night.

Magdaleno, overjoyed with emotion, ran to the neutral corner and stood on the ropes emotionally with his head in his hands. 

Magdaleno snaps a two-fight losing streak as he improves to 30-3 (19 KOs), while Coria falls to 15-8 (7 KOs) as a pro. The win was the first for Magdaleno since May of 2022, when he shut out Edy Valencia Mercado in Las Vegas.

Earlier in the night, Jasmine Artiga won the vacant WBA junior bantamweight title, but Regina Chavez won over the fans. Upon the announcement of Artiga’s majority decision win over Chavez, with the scores of 95-95, 98-92, and 96-94, the crowd loudly booed.

Chavez walked around the ring with her arms raised in victory with the crowd cheering loudly.

Artiga, 32 from Tampa, Florida, had former multi-division titleholder Nonito Donaire in her corner and started the fight strongly, countering Chavez with a right hook. Chavez brought a slow, but steady pressure coming forward. Chavez, a 20-year-old Mexican, continued forward in the early rounds to mixed success. The third round ended with Chavez throwing a series of punches with Artiga on the ropes, the best action of the fight.

The fourth and fifth saw more 50-50 exchanges, but Artiga was able to fight on the outside and land the cleaner shots. Chavez put Artiga on the ropes, landing a flurry in the middle of the fifth round, which was her best work to that point. The sixth was more of the same with Artiga landing clean shots, but Chavez pressuring her and slowly outworking her. The seventh was the most dramatic as Chavez landed telling blows that forced Artiga to retreat. Artiga landed some heavy shots in round eight, but Chavez was starting to outwork her. Chavez came on strong and had all the momentum while Artiga began to show signs of fatigue in the later rounds. Chavez finished strong as she piled on the punches, outworking Artiga to the final bell as the crowd chanted her name.

Artiga becomes a belt holder and stays undefeated with a record of 13-0-1 (6 KOs), while Chavez dips to 8-5-3 (1 KO).