Comments Thread For: Angel Fierro Survives Two Knockdowns, Knocks Out Alberto Machado In 6th Round

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A resilient Angel Fierro changed his life Thursday night. The Mexican underdog survived a knockdown apiece in each of the first two rounds and knocked out Alberto Machado in the sixth round of their televised main event in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Fierro, who took this tough lightweight fight on two weeks' notice, blasted Machado with a sweeping left hook that knocked Machado to the canvas 35 seconds into the sixth round.
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Former world champion Alberto Machado (22-2, 18 KOs) of Puerto Rico and rising prospect Angel Fierro (17-1-1, 13 KOs) of Mexico both made weight successfully ahead of their 10-round lightweight fight, the main event of a three-fight card tomorrow, Thursday, March 18 on NBC Sports Network (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT), live from Albergue Olimpico (Olympic Center) in Salinas, P.R.

In tomorrow’s co-main event, Jose ‘Chiquro’ Martinez, (21-1-2, 14 KOs), of Las Marias, Puerto Rico, clashes with three-time world title challenger Israel ‘Jiga’ Gonzalez (26-4, 11 KOs) of Los Cabos, Mexico, in a ten-round bantamweight bout. A six-round light heavyweight fight will round out the main card on NBC Sports Network featuring Irish’ Joe Ward, (2-1, 2 KOs), of Moate, Ireland, who will look to avenge his pro debut setback against Marco ‘El Muneco’ Delgado, (7-1, 5 KOs), of Turlock, Calif.

Headlining the Twitch undercard broadcast, which begins at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT, three-time world title challenger Maricela ‘La Diva’ Cornejo, (13-4, 5 KOs), of Los Angeles, Calif. faces off against Alma Ibarra (7-1, 4 KOs) of Monterrey, Mexico. In an eight-round super flyweight battle, former world champion and knockout artist Angel ‘Tito’ Acosta, (21-2, 21 KOs), of San Juan, Puerto Rico, battles Gilberto Mendoza (17-9-3, 8 KOs) of Modesto, Calif. Also on the Twitch undercard is an eight-round welterweight fight between Jose “Cheito” Roman (10-0, 5 KOs) and Roque Junco (10-7-1, 6 KOs) and a six-round lightweight battle featuring top undefeated prospect Edwin ‘The Chin’ Valentin (9-0, 8 KOs) fighting in his hometown of Salinas when he faces veteran Hector Marengo (7-14-4, 4 KOs) of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Acosta vs Mendoza up right now

Looks like a bunch of Mexico VS Puerto Rico fights tonight.

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Acosta packs a mean punch.

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Mendoza slipper. Acosta having trouble to land clean.

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Haha they play all the throwbacks between rounds on this Ring City series I noticed.

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Hard left hook drops Mendoza. Great shot.

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This card already started?!

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Wow nice finish for Mendoza he fought his ass off after getting dropped the round before and won his one and only round of the fight.

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This card already started?!

Twitch undercard is on right now. After that it'll be the televised NBCSN fights