Flores Earns Hard-Fought Victory Over Navarro

SAN BERNARDINO – Under the San Bernardino heat, Bryan Flores withstood the late pressure of East L.A.’s Jonathan Navarro and won by unanimous decision after a torrid regional super lightweight title fight on Saturday.

It was a lengthy hot fight card put on by ProBox.TV

Flores (29-1-1, 16 KOs) of Las Vegas has knockout power but was aware of Navarro’s (18-3, 9 KOs) ability to take a punch and deliver a knockout if necessary, at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino.

Flores worked very carefully at distance for half of the fight.

Midway through the 10-round fight, both fighters suddenly opened up with a barrage almost simultaneously. From the sixth round on there was seldom any distance between the two fighters.

Though Flores was the slightly bigger and longer fighter, both pugilists spent the second half of the match clobbering each other in close range. Body punches, uppercuts and overhand rights were connecting, but neither fighter seemed hurt at any time.

After 10 rounds, the contest ended with Flores winning by unanimous decision with judges’ scores of 98-92 (2x) and 97-93.

 

Ruiz Victorious in Rematch with Fuchs

In a rematch, Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz (19-1-1) avenged her only loss by decision over nemesis Ginny Fuchs (4-1) in a torrid 10-round bloody battle to retain the WBC super flyweight world title.

Ruiz lost two years ago to Fuchs, but she learned a lesson and adapted quicker to the speedy Fuchs’ assaults despite starting slow again. This time Ruiz was able to connect with combination punches to offset the left-handed pot shots of Fuchs. It was an effective plan that saw all three judges score 96-94, 97-93 and 99-91 for Ruiz. Both fighters suffered cuts and bruises from the contest.

It was Ruiz first defense of the WBC world title she won in November.

 

Other Bouts

Filipino hot shot Charly Suarez (19-0, 11 KOs) needed only one round to dismantle Manuel Avila (26-3-1) by knockout in a super featherweight title fight. A quick right-left combination crumbled Avila, who beat the count but was very unstable. The fight was stopped at 2:01 of the first round.

Suarez looked strong and sharp. He had one prior world title shot, but that opportunity ended in a No Contest. He looked more than a ready for another world title shot.

In a welterweight fight that disproves the often spoken phrase “protect yourself at all times”, Tre’Sean Wiggins (18-5-4) was handed a win by disqualification when Mexico’s Ruben Aguilar (24-1-1) failed to hear the referee order “stop” behind that fighter’s back. Aguilar connected with a right and Wiggins was out.

Wiggins was illegally holding Aguilar and, though the Mexican fighter kept punching, the referee ordered the fighters to stop. Aguilar didn’t hear the command and blasted Wiggins out of there. He was unable to continue and the California State Athletic Commission called it a disqualification; although Wiggins was holding, which under all boxing rules is illegal.

San Bernardino’s Charles Harris (13-1, 7 KOs) proved too quick and sharp for Jasom Limon (11-3-1, 2 KOs) to win by unanimous decision after eight rounds in a welterweight fight. Harris had great success with the right.

Cuban southpaw Yusniel Abrahante (8-2) proved too experienced for young fireball Luis Coria (5-1, 5 KOs) to stop his undefeated and knockout streak by unanimous decision after six rounds at super flyweight. That left hand connected often and in every round. Coria never could find the antidote. After six rounds, all three judges saw the Cuban the winner 60-54 and 59-55 (2x).

Amador Mendez (8-0, 4 KOs) remained undefeated with a solid performance against very skilled local fighter William King (6-5-2) in a six round lightweight contest. Mendez showed speed and power but found that King was not a heavy body bag looking to absorb punches. After six very competitive rounds, Mendez emerged the winner by unanimous decision.

Native Hawaiian KJ Waialae (5-0) floored Juan Carlos Campos (4-4) in the third round with a perfect counter right, but that seemed to wake up the Mexican fighter. The remainder of the super welterweight fight was more evenly pressed, although Waialae kept control of the fight and won by unanimous decision after six rounds.

Anaheim’s Diego Aviles (6-0, 5 KOs) didn’t get a knockout over Jaime Jasso (8-3), but he dominated every round with a high-speed attack that resembled the Tasmanian Devil from the Waner Bros. cartoons. Aviles was fast, powerful and unstoppable in blistering Jasso every round. The Texan, however, was very determined to maintain his reputation of never being knocked down and succeeded in that. All three judges gave Aviles every round for an eight-round unanimous win in the super flyweight fight.

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