Joshua Greer Decisions Xavier Montelongo in Los Angeles
by Francisco Salazar
In a battle of 'juniors,' Joshua Greer was able to grind out a win.
The junior featherweight Greer won a six round unanimous decision over Xavier Montelongo late Saturday night at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif.
Montelongo, who had won three bouts in a row before Saturday, dropped Greer in the opening round. Greer was able to make an adjustment by the third round, mostly outboxing Montelongo the rest of the way.
All three judges scored the bout 58-55 in favor of Greer.
Greer, who has now won four bouts in a row, improves to 7-1-1, 2 KOs. Montelongo drops to 9-4-1, 2 KOs.
Welterweight Manuel Alejandro Reyes won a convincing six round decision over Brian Jones.
The fight was a rematch of their September 2014 bout, which Reyes won by majority decision over six rounds. Reyes mostly controlled the action Saturday night, coming away with a convincing decision win.
All three judges scored the bout in favor of Reyes, 59-55, 59-55, and 60-54.
Reyes, who has only lost once in his last seven bouts, improves to 5-3-1, 1 KO. Jones drops to 12-4, 6 KOs.
Light heavyweight Ronald Mixon stopped knocked out Jose Jesus Hurtado at 1:10 of the first round. Mixon goes to 7-0, 6 KOs, while Hurtado falls to 4-7, 4 KOs.
There was an Amir Khan sighting on the All Star Boxing card. It was not the former world titleholder who is scheduled to fight Canelo Alvarez on May 7, but the light heavyweight fighter from Detroit, Mich.
Khan (1-2, 1 KO) was knocked out by Reece Bennett (3-0-1, 2 KOs) at 1:31 of the first round.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
