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sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Donald Sanchez sticking to his plan: He's retired
Split-decision BKFC loss was his last bare-knuckle bout
Win or lose, sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Donald Sanchez had said, Friday鈥檚 bare-knuckle fight in Hollywood, Florida was to be his last.
A loss by split decision to Jeremy Smith on a BKFC card, an outcome that easily could have been reversed, has not changed his mind.
鈥淚鈥檝e got a brain to maintain and kids of the future to guide and help,鈥� Sanchez wrote on social media. 鈥淚鈥檝e got too many people that look up to me that I can now focus on fully.鈥�
According to statistics available on , Sanchez landed more punches than Smith in each of the fight鈥檚 five rounds. Smith, however, was slightly more active and threw more blows.
Sanchez, who compiled a 30-20 record as an MMA fighter, is 5-3 in BKFC competition. He鈥檇 hoped to avenge his loss by unanimous decision to Smith (4-5) in Sanchez鈥檚 first bare-knuckle fight in August 2022.
PEREZ STOPPED: On Friday鈥檚 card, Belen鈥檚 Derek Perez lost by first-round TKO to Bryan Duran in just 19 seconds of the first round.
Perez drops to 4-5 in BKFC competition. Duran is 9-1-1.
GOLDEN GLOVES: Las Cruces鈥� Joscelyn Olayo-Mu帽oz, a 16-time national amateur champion and an international champion, is among 10 New Mexico boxers eligible to compete at Colorado-New Mexico Golden Gloves regionals April 18 in Loveland, Colorado.
The New Mexico Golden Gloves tournament was held over the weekend in Roswell.
Winners at regionals qualify for Golden Gloves nationals, scheduled for May 11-16 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
New Mexico鈥檚 prospective team for regionals, as reported by Roswell鈥檚 Ray Baca, includes:
Olayo-Munoz, 106 pounds; Isaiah Ortiz, Hobbs, 110; Azariah Perez, sa国际传媒官网网页入口, 121; Alex Ortiz, Bloomfield, 132; Alexa Garrobo, sa国际传媒官网网页入口, 132; Angel Enriquez, sa国际传媒官网网页入口, 143; Ivan Barragan, sa国际传媒官网网页入口, 154; Ib Maiga, Rio Rancho, 165; Alvaro Garcia, Las Cruces, 176; Andres Garcia Marquez, Rio Rancho, 198.
HIGH HONOR: Rio Rancho amateur boxer Ariana Chavez has been named a member of USA Boxing鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Youth High Performance team.
In December at USA Boxing national championships in Lubbock, Texas, Chavez defeated San Francisco鈥檚 Millian Sanchez by split (4-1) decision to claim a Youth Division 165-pound title.
SIO UPDATE: As reported by boxingscene.com, 19-year-old pro boxer Isis Sio is out of an induced coma and is awake and speaking after collapsing in the ring following her loss by first-round knockout Saturday in San Bernardino, California.
Sio, (1-3), of Dickinson, South Dakota, was KO鈥檇 by Jocelyn Camarillo (6-0) of Indio, California. Sio had been knocked out in the first round of her most recent bout in January against Perla Bazaldua, a 25-time national amateur champion and a recent Top Rank, Inc., signee. Sio鈥檚 team pointed out on Monday that the Bazaldua knockout was the result of a body punch, not a blow to the head.
Sio has a listed amateur record of 2-6.
MMA: As reported by cagedminds.com, Rio Rancho鈥檚 Jalin Fuller defeated Christian Turner by first-round knockout in the main event of Sunday鈥檚 APFC card at Isleta Resort & Casino.
Fuller improved to 10-4 while claiming the APFC welterweight title. Turner, of Atlanta, is 10-3. Fuller is riding a four-fight win streak.
In the co-main event, El Paso鈥檚 James Pleasant (8-1) retained the APFC lightweight title in defeating Houston鈥檚 Emmanuel Sanchez (24-12) by unanimous decision.
