Photos by Chris Cozzone
Tijuana’s KO artist Antonio “Canitas” Lozada Jr. (19-0, 16 KOS) was awarded a unanimous six-round decision over Tomas Sierra of Villa Nicolas Romero (4-9, 3 KOS), Mexico, in a lightweight bout. Lozada tried as he might for the now familiar KO, but Sierra gave as good as he got.
Adan Osuna (6-2-2, 2 KOs) defeated the unassuming Manuel Armendariz (0-14), both of Tijuana, near the end of the second round in a scheduled four-round bantamweight fight. Osuna dropped his opponent with a left hook to the body and, after a barrage of punches, seconds later, referee Guillermo Allon stopped the bout. Official time was 2:05.
In a rare showing of Mexican heavyweights, Andy Garcia of Mexicali, made his pro debut a good one as he handed Miguel Ramirez, also of Mexicali, his second loss with a hard right hand that sent Ramirez to the canvas for the full count. Time was :34 seconds of the first round.
In a four-round fight of flyweight first-timers, Antonio Margarito’s brother-in-law, Hazel Martinez (1-0, 1 KOs) of Tijuana, dropped Jose Inez (0-1) of Guadalajara with a left hook to the body mid way thru the first round en route to a 1st round TKO. Official time was 1:42.
Tijuana flyweight Arturo Badillo (15-0, 13 KOs) stopped Lisandro De Los Santos (6-1, 2 KOs) of Sonora at the 1:17 mark of the third round of a scheduled four rounds. Badillo (15-0, 13 KOs) controlled the action with sound boxing skills.
In an eight-round supermiddleweight bout, Rigoberto Alvarez (22-0, 16 KOs), of Guadalajara, scored a sixth-round TKO over crafty Eduardo Ayala (17-25-4, 8 KOs), of Navojoa, Sonora. Southpaw Alvarez pursued Ayala, round after round, trying to find a home for his straight left. Finally, in the sixth, he was able to find a home for his punch, prompting Ayala to call it quits ten seconds into the sixth.
Up-and-coming middleweight Rogelio “Porky” Medina (17-0, 14 KOs) of San Luis Rio Colorado, did not impress on his way to a workmanlike and, at times, very slow moving unanimous decision win over late sub from Los Mochis, Cristian Solano (22-16-4, 16 KOs) in an eight-round middleweight bout. The hard hitting Medina tried as he might to break down his opponent but Solano proved his experience was enough to survive on his feet.
Super welterweight Carlos Nascimento (22-1, 19 KOs) of Tijuana by way of Sao Paulo, Brazil, made quick work of 
overmatched, overweight Angel Navarrete (10-12, 6 KOs), stopping him with a grazing right hand to the cheek. Navarrete, of Mexico City, seemed that he would recover quickly, but then had to be attended by the ringside paramedics for several minutes. Official time was 1:25 of the first round of a scheduled six.
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