Ringside Report from Double Tree Hotel
Posted by Igor Frank on 10.10.2009
Burgos and Herrera stay undefeated headlining the bill” New Blood Six” promoted by Thompson Boxing Promotions on October 9th.
In the main event of the evening, a ten round featherweight bout, undefeated Juan Carlos Burgos from Tijuana, Mexico took on a rugged veteran from Colombia, Yogli Herrera. Burgos put together fluid combinations that featured a crisp left hook to the body that was designed to slow his opponent down. Undeterred Colombian banger kept forcing the action. In the third Burgos dropped his adversary with a sharp counter punch, left hook to the head. Brave Colombian veteran knew how to survive and finish the round, but from that point on Burgos took control of the fight and it seemed to be only a matter of time before he could stop him. In the sixth Burgos dropped his opponent again with a left to the head and than finished him off with another head shot. Referee James Jen Kim stopped the fight without a count at 1minute and 17 seconds of the sixth frame. Burgos improved his record to 23 wins, no losses and 16 by KO and demonstrated that he is a force to be reckoned with in a featherweight division
In the semi main event of the evening, eight round junior welterweight contest, Riverside's rising star, unbeaten Mauricio " El Maestro " Herrera (13-0,6KO'S) took on the toughest test of his professional career, Cleotis "Mooki" Pendarvis (10-2-1,3KO'S) from South Central Los Angeles.
With faster hands Pendarvis connected with some sharp punches in the second stanza, but Herrera pressed the action and looked to be the more constant fighter. Heated exchanges continued in the third with Herrera going more to the body and Pendarvis using good defensive moves and countering with rapid fire combinations. By the fifth frame body punches thrown by Herrera started to pay dividends; he was able to slow down his opponent enough to be able to land combinations upstairs and downstairs. Pendarvis might have slowed down a bit, but he fought with courage, like he really wanted to win and his hand speed presented serious danger to his opponent. It was a very closely contested battle that entertained fans who expressed their satisfaction by wildly cheering their fighters. In the end judges preferred the consistent attack of Herrera who was awarded a majority decision. Scores were 76-76, 79-73, 77-76 for Herrera who remains undefeated.
"He was the toughest fighter I fought, said Herrera after he got his hand raised: "I thought I was hurting him with body shots."
"I feel like I won the fight," said Pendarvis after he came out of the dressing room. The real winner was a crowd of fans that roared in appreciation of a good action bout.
In the opening bout lightweights Oscar Chinchilla from Guatemala and a debutant Manuel Delcid from Los Angeles met in the ring for a four round scrap. Styles make fights or in this case styles didn't make a fight. After the first round nobody was landing any punches making the crows restless and irritable. They voiced their displeasure with boos .This fight was hard to watch as well as hard to score. Judges awarded a split decision victory to Delcid; scores were 39-37, 39-37, 37-39.
Local heavyweight William "Lil Tyson" Williams (3-2,3KO'S) got the crowd into it in a hurry. Williams knocked down his opponent Gabriel Silva (1-1) from San Fernando, California with a straight right hand twice in the first minute of the very first round. Referee James Jen Kim stopped the action at 1minute and 38 seconds of the first stanza after Williams dropped Silva for the third time with a left jab.
In a four round super welterweight bout Alberto Herrera (5-0,4KO) from Riverside has earned a third round TKO victory when his opponent Malik Bazille (0-2) from Inglewood, California slipped and sustained an injury and was not able to continue.
Riverside's undefeated sensation Jonathan Arrellano (4-0,1KO) looked real sharp at the onset of his four round bantamweight bout with Adrian Aleman ( 6-6-4,3KO'S) from Cathedral City, but his accurate punches lacked power to cause any significant damage. Arrellano dominated the fight, but had to settle for judge's scorecards, which were 40-36, 40-36, 39-37 in favor of undefeated youngster.
