Norcalboxing.net
San Ardo junior featherweight Roman Morales (15-0, 8 KOs) won a Friday night battle of unbeatens as he stopped Jesus Antonio Hernandez (10-1-3, 2 KOs) with a crippling left hand downstairs in in the fifth round at the Washington, D.C. Armory.
Hernandez, who had been outlanded in each of the first four frames, stooped to one knee after the final blow from Morales and could not beat the count. Official time was 2:59.
ESPN2 televised the encounter on their "Friday Night Fights" series.
PEREZ OUTWORKS HOVHANNISYAN
Hours later from the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, North Salinas junior lightweight Alejandro Perez (17-3-1, 11 KOs) pulled off the upset of previously undefeated Art Hovhannisyan (15-1-2, 8 KOs) behind a diverse attack highlighted by effective body work. Perez held off a mid-round surge by the bigger Hovhannisyan and closed the show by winning most of their toe-to-toe exchanges.
Scores were 96-94, 96-93, and 95-93 for the NorCal slugger. Perez-Hovhannisyan aired on Showtime's "ShoBox" series.
Ryan Maquiñana was the boxing producer for NBCOlympics.com during London 2012 and writes a weekly column for CSNBayArea.com. He is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Ratings Panel for Ring Magazine. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his blog at Norcalboxing.net, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.
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