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By Ryan Burton
Studio City, California - Featherweight Toka Kahn Clary scored a fourth round knockout win over Orlando Rizo at the Sportsmen's Lodge.
In a battle between southpaws, Clary landed the more telling blows throughout the fight. Clary set up a left cross that dropped Rizo to the canvas. Rizo struggled to get up as referee Raul Caiz, Sr. counted him out at 2:32.
Clary improves to 19-0 1 NC, 13 KOs. Rizo falls to 19-7, 11 KOs. Southern California welterweight Arnold Barboza improved to 12-0, with 5 KOs, stopping John Nater in the second round. Barboza dropped Nater twice in the first round and finished Nater (15-8, 10 KOs) off at 49 seconds.
Heavyweight Andy Ruiz scored a knockout win after the fourth round when his opponent Ray Austin did not answer the bell for round five. Ruiz (27-0, 18 KOs) dropped Austin with a right hand to the head with about a minute left in round one. Ruiz was able to get on the inside of Austin's long reach, landing repeatedly with combinations to the head and body.
Austin (29-7-4, 18 KOs) attempted to time Ruiz with right hands to the head, but rarely connected. After the fourth round, Austin's corner informed referee Raul Caiz, Sr. Austin was unable to continue.
Welterweight Bryan Flores (4-0, 1 KO) won a four round unanimous decision over Jose Mejia (4-0, 1 KO). All three judges scored the bout 40-36 in favor of Flores.
In the opening bout of the Top Rank card, junior middleweight Maxim Dadashev stopped Rashad Bogar (4-7-1, 2 KOs) at 34 seconds of the fourth round. Dadashev is trained by Robert Garcia.
