Nestor Bravo: record, next fight and profile →
After more than five rounds of working to keep the vicious attack at bay, Nestor Bravo felt the full bite of Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz Saturday night at Pechanga Arena. Unleashing a destructive left hook to Bravo’s jaw, Mexico’s Cruz knocked out the Puerto Rican in the sixth round to impressively retain his WBC interim 140lbs belt.
Mexico’s former WBA super-lightweight champion Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), weighed 139lbs while Puerto Rico’s Bravo, 24-1 (17 KOs), came in at 139.2lbs for the Saturday night DAZN main event at Pechanga Arena.
Saturday night at Pechanga Arena, Mexico’s WBC interim 140lbs champion Cruz, 28-3-2 (18 KOs), defends his belt against Puerto Rico’s Nestor Bravo, 24-1 (17 KOs), atop a DAZN card.
Isaac Cruz knows victory over Nester Bravo could lead to huge showdowns at 140 or 147
Interim WBC junior-welterweight champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz will return to defend his title against Nestor Bravo on DAZN from Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California.
Emmanuel Rodriguez began his return journey to titleholder status with a unanimous decision over Fernando Diaz on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
On the same evening as the Gervonta Davis-Lamont Roach Jnr pay-per-view, Matias stopped Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela in a main event in Puerto Rico while Xolisani Ndongeni upset Nestor Bravo on the undercard.
Junior welterweight Alfredo Santiago entered Saturday night as the No. 1 contender for the WBO title, and that held true after Santiago’s ninth-round technical knockout of Javier Fortuna.
Santiago will face Javier Fortuna in the co-featured bout, while Bravo will face Xolisani Ndongeni.
Nestor Bravo used every trick in the book—legal or otherwise—to turn away the challenge of Will Madera. The unbeaten junior welterweight prospect outboxed Madera over ten rounds to preserve his unbeaten record. Scores of 96-94, 96-94 and 99-91 went to Puerto Rico’s Bravo in their DAZN-aired main event Friday evening at Caribe Royale Resort in Boricua-friendly Orlando, Florida.