Munguia vs Bazinyan Fight Results: Munguia Scores 10th Rd KO

According to CompuBox, Munguia landed 147-of-497 punches (29.6 percent) to 79-of-470 for Bazinyan. Munguia had a 104-32 advantage in power shots. In addition, 64 percent of the punches Munguia threw were combinations. “I felt like I was winning,” Bazinyan said. “I felt he was very frustrated with my jab, right hand, and counters. He was getting tired. All of a sudden, I got caught. I don’t know what happened there.”

“I said ‘thank you,” Munguia said. “I told him it was a great fight and to keep working hard and moving forward and that he’s very strong.” Munguia said it doesn’t matter who he fights next, but he mentioned Caleb Plant, Edgar Berlanga, and Christian Mbilli in his post-fight interview. “There are great things to come; great fights at 168 pounds,” he said. “There are great fights and will give great wars as well.”

Richard Torrez Jr. Shows A New Wrinkle As The Co-Main

Richard Torrez Jr., 2020 Olympic silver medalist, improved to (11-0, 10 KOs), all coming by way of stoppage, with a fifth-round disqualification victory over tough, 44-fight veteran Joey Dawejko for excessive spitting out of the mouthpiece. The end came at 2:02 of the fifth round, when Dawejko, who had his mouthpiece fall out four times in the fourth round, had it pop out again. Dawejko was penalized two points in the fourth round for the mouthpiece fouls. Dawejko landed a few hard right hands here and there, but it did little to stop Torrez from moving forward. He was in control the entire fight by establishing distance and landing several power shots. “I can’t tell you exactly where his head was at, but he might have been spitting it out on purpose,” Torrez said. “When have you ever seen someone spit it out that much? I knew, if I landed a shot, he was either going to come back with a shot, or the mouthpiece was coming out.” Dawejko fell to (28-12-4, 16 KOs). Torrez landed 85 total punches, to just 15 for Dawejko.

Emiliano Vargas Hurts His Hand But Still Scores An Impressive Knockout

Emiliano Vargas continued his rapid ascent in the boxing game, scoring a fourth-round knockout of tough Irishman Larry Fryers in junior welterweight action. Vargas, who had little resistance offensively throughout the fight, opened up with the heavy artillery in the third round, bloodying Fryers, but was unable to score a knockdown. When Vargas finally dropped Fryers with a left hook in the fourth round, the referee immediately called the fight at 1:23 of the round. Vargas improved to (12-0, 9 KOs). Fryers, originally from Ireland, dropped to (13-7-1, 5 KOs).

Undercard Results

Charly Suarez captured the vacant WBO International Jr. Lightweight championship, knocking down Jorge Castaneda twice in the third round, the second one leading to a TKO victory at 2:22 of the round. Suarez knocked Castaneda the first time with a right hand. Castaneda beat the count but was on wobbly legs. Suarez turned on the gas, and the second knockdown, another flush right hand to the face, following a barrage of punches Castaneda had no answer for, stopped the fight. Suarez improved to (18-0, 10 KOs), while Castaneda fell to (17-4, 13 KOs).

In a stunning upset, Ricardo Fernandez of Spain, with just one knockout to his ledger in his previous 28 fights, delivered a one-hitter quitter to Alan Garcia, knocking 2:25 of round five in a scheduled eight-round contest. As Garcia was preparing to deliver a right hand, Fernandez’s right landed first, leaving Garcia in a heap. White the ref counted to ten, there was little to no chance of Garcia getting off the canvas. Fernandez improves to (16-13, 2 KOs) while Garcia falls to (14-1, 11 KOs). Fernandez was a +1500 underdog coming into the fight.

Las Vegas’ DJ Zamora played his greatest hits on the head and body of Gerardo Antonio Perez in a junior lightweight tilt, scoring a unanimous decision victory. The scores read 80-72, 80-72, and 79-73 in favor of Zamora. Perez engaged Zamora in a spirited battle, but as the fight went on, Zamora separated himself with the clearer, more accurate punches. Zamora had his best round in the eighth, battering Perez from pillar to post Zamora is now (14-0, 9 KOs), while Perez is now (12-6-1, 3 KOs).

In junior bantamweight action, Steven Navarro of Inglewood was definitely up to no good, pummeling Oscar Arroyo and earning himself a third-round TKO victory. Arroyo was game but totally outgunned. Navarro knocked him down in the first minute of the fight with a three-punch combo and again with a power jab at the end of the second round. Navarro upped the assault against Arroyo in the third round, and Arroyo had no answers. The referee stepped in to stop the fight at 2:35 of the third round. Navarro is now (4-0, 3 KOs). Arroyo falls to (3-3, 2 KOs).

Jose Perez Garcia was in Glendale for a good time, but not for a long time, as a picture-perfect right hand to the body, followed by three power shots just 45 seconds into the first round, spelled the end of the fight for Ilias Essaoudi. Garcia improved to (31-4, 25 KOs), while Essaoudi fell to (22-3, 15 KOs). Essaoudi clutched his ribs as the ten-count was applied and shook his head “no” at referee Wes Melton as he was being counted out.

In the opening fight of the night, Sebastian Hernandez improved to (17-0, 16 KOs) by defeating Yonfrez Parejo by TKO. Parejo fell to (24-7-1, 12 KOs). Hernandez controlled the fight from the opening bell, hammering Parejo at will as the fight went on. Parejo’s corner stopped the action at the end of the fourth round.