Miguel Soto Crushes Peter Hernandez in One Round

By Rey Colon

At Coliseum Fransisco Deyda in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, super featherweight puncher Miguel "Mickito" Soto (9-0, 9KOs) continued his rise in the local ranks by crushing Peter 'El Gago' Hernandez (6-4-1, 2 KOs) by knockout at 2:36 of the first round.

Angel 'Pito' Fret (13-0, 10 KOs) won a six round unanimous decision over veteran Colombian Felipe Almanza (18-24, 9 KOs). The scoers were 59-54, 58-55 and 60-53.

In a thrilling encounter, Carlos 'El Machazo' Rodriguez (10-1, 9 KOs) stopped Christian Lopez (3-2, 3 KOs) in the sixth and final round. Both fighters visited the canvas with Rodriguez in the first and fifth, while Lopez did the same in the third and sixth. After Lopez got up in the sixth, he was hit with several combinations until the referee stopped the fight.

In other bouts, Josean 'El Tren' Figueroa (7-2, 6 KO) won by knockout over Angel Lopez (2-11), Joshua 'El Macho' Santiago (4-0, 4 KOs) won by a third round knockout over William Lorenzo (1-5), Raymond Perez (2-0, 2 KOs) won by TKO in the second over Jose Padilla (0-4), Ramon Sanchez (3-8-1) defeated Moses Rios (4-2, 4 KOs) by TKO in the third.

Also Angel Perez (1-0, 1 KO) successfully debuted with a TKO win over Ricardo Perez (0-1-1) in the second round. Jonathan Torres (3-0, 3 KOs) put away Juan Santiago (0-2) by TKO in the second, and Luis 'La Roca' Hernandez (6-0, 4 KOs) won a split decision over Daniel Rodriguez (0-2).