Juan Mercedes Beats Quijano, McWilliams Arroyo Wins
By Jhonny Gonzalez
At the Coliseo Héctor Solá Bezares in Caguas, Puerto Rico, the debut show in the new series by Puerto Rico Best Boxing - "A Puño Limpio" - Juan Mercedes (25-3, 17 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over David Quijano (13-2, 9 KOs). In a very competitive fight, Mercedes prevailed with all three judges in a fight for the WBO super flyweight Latino championship. The scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 96-94.
Super flyweight prospect McWilliams Arroyo (7-1, 6 KOs) stopped overmatched Erickson Martell (4-3-1, 3 KOs). Arroyo showed his power in the first when he put Martell down, and then dominated the action until the ref had seen enough in the fifth.
The debut of the 2008 world youth amateur champion Jonathan González (1-0, 1KOs), saw him stop another fighter with the same name, Jonathan Gonzalez (0-1, 0KOs), in the first round of a flyweight contest.