Montes Stuns Salgado With a Brutal Two Round KO

Oct 4, 2009 • 12:00 AM ET

By Mark Vester

Juan Montes (19-1, 17KOs) stunned previously undefeated Jose "Sugar" Salgado (18-1, 16KOs) with a two round knockout to win the WBC Youth Intercontinental super flyweight at Zapopan in Jalisco, Mexico. (It should be noted that boxrec has Montes listed with a record of 14-1, 11KOs. That record is not complete.)

The first round was a war. Both Mexican punchers were trying to land homerun bombs. In the second, a left hand caught Salgado flush and dropped him. He got up with a smile on his face but he was clearly hurt. He spit out his mouthpiece to buy some time but that didn't help him any. A few moments later a combination that was closed with a very hard right hand that sent Salgado crashing to the mat. His head body and head hit hard. The fight was quickly stopped and the ringside doctor rushed in the ring to check on Salgado. He was taken out of the ring on a stretcher and rushed to a local hospital for some tests.