COMBAT SPORTS
Torres, Chavez win on Tapia Promotions card
Johnny Tapia Jr., Johnathan Tapia lose their bouts
Catching up:
While sa国际传媒官网网页入口's Holly Holm was losing to Stephania Han via a highly controversial majority decision Saturday night in El Paso, Teresa Tapia was staging a pro boxing card at Leo's bar in northwest sa国际传媒官网网页入口.
The results, as provided by cagedminds.com:
In the main event, sa国际传媒官网网页入口 welterweight Josh Torres made short work of Argentina's Diego Gonzales Luque. The victory by first-round knockout was a milestone for Torres 鈥� his 30th pro win, with 17 knockouts, vs. seven defeats with two draws.
Neither Torres' victory nor the quick knockout could be viewed as a surprise, since Gonzalez Luque (21-18鈥�2, 10 KOs) now has lost 14 of his last 15 bouts 鈥� the exception being a draw.
Torres is likely to face a sterner test on his scheduled bout against Mexico's Alejandro Frias on a July 31 Legacy Promotions card at the Embassy Suites. Frias (21-13-2, 12 KOs) has won seven of his last 10.
In the Tapia card's semi-main event, San Felipe Pueblo's Clinton Chavez (9-2, six KOs) defeated El Paso's Eduardo Monrreal (3-6, three KOs) by sixth-round TKO. Chavez was well ahead on points at the time of the stoppage.
Johnny Tapia Jr. and Johnathan Tapia, sons of the late world champion Johnny Tapia, lost their bouts.
Tapia Jr. (1-1, one KO) was floored nine times in losing to Andrew Flamm (2-2, no KOs) of Durango, Colorado by lopsided unanimous decision. Johnathan Tapia (0-2), fighting for the first time since 2010 鈥� when he fought on the undercard of a show headlined by his father 鈥� lost by four-round unanimous decision to Belen's Derek Perez (4-22-1, one KO).
In the only bout not involving a New Mexico fighter, Waco, Texas light heavyweight Sean Hamilton (3-3, one KO) stopped Daquanti Johnson of Wilson, North Carolina in round one.
