Michigan’s Joshua Pagan outdueled cagey veteran Haskell Rhodes within the “Combat of the Evening” and foremost occasion of Salita Promotions’ “Huge Time Boxing Puerto Rico” occasion on Friday with a unanimous choice victory from the Coca-Cola Music Corridor and on DAZN.
Nicknamed “Double J”, Pagan, whose father grew up in Puerto Rico and later moved to the US settling in Grand Rapids the place Pagan was born, had a legion of boisterous followers in his nook all evening as he moved his document to 11-0 (4 KOs) within the 10-round light-weight victory over Rhodes (31-7, 16 KOs).
In a combat nearer than the judges’ scorecards indicated, Pagan’s hand was raised in victory by the referee with the scores of 100-90 and 99-91 twice.
“It was superb tonight, and your complete crowd was stuffed with simply a lot vitality,” Pagan stated. “I wished to get the knockout, however he was simply so skilled. I give him quite a lot of credit score.”
The all-action combat noticed an incredible fifth spherical with exchanges by each fighters that had followers rise to their toes and present their appreciation to each boxers.
The co-feature noticed Juan Carrillo (13-0, 9 KOs) from Barranquilla, Colombia, win the IBF Gentle Heavyweight Latino title as he scored a decisive unanimous choice over Lenin Castillo (25-6-1, 19 KOs) of Santo Domingo, D.R. The judges scored the combat 98-92, 99-91, 100-90. Two judges gave Castillo the eighth spherical whereas the third had Carrillo profitable the back-and-forth spherical and pitching a shutout.
Within the second tv bout, native San Juan favourite Kiria Tapia (5-0, 0 KOs) received for the fifth time in opposition to no defeats as she recorded a dominating six-round unanimous choice over Beata Dudek (4-5, 4 KOs) in a combat that noticed flashes of the good Puerto Rican champion Amanda Serrano. The trio of judges had been all in settlement with their scorecards giving it to Tapia 60-53. Tapia, who knocked Dudek to the canvas within the first spherical, threw her broad left at will in dominating the outclassed Hungarian.
Opening the extremely anticipated DAZN foremost card, “Motor Metropolis” Detroit’s Da’Velle Smith (10-0, 8 KOs) scored a first-round technical knockout over Gilberto Santos (16-16, 12 KOs) from Brazil. It was by no means a contest as Smith got here out the aggressor and knocked Smith to the bottom twice earlier than the referee had seen sufficient following a blistering overhand proper and referred to as the bout at 2:28 of the primary spherical.
Outcomes:
LIGHTWEIGHT MAIN EVENT – 10 ROUNDS
Joshua Pagan (11-0, 4 KOs) over Haskell Rhodes (31-7-1, 16 KOs) through unanimous choice
Scorecards: 99-91 twice and 100-90
“I want I might’ve had a pair extra rounds,” Rhodes stated in defeat. “It was a superb combat. My hat’s off to Joshua. He fought a clear, sensible combat. I really like boxing and getting up day by day and going to the gymnasium. So I can’t wait to see what’s subsequent for me.”
IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT LATINO WORLD TITLE CO-FEATURE – 10 ROUNDS
Juan Carrillo (13-0, 9 KOs) defeated Lenin Castillo (25-6-1, 19 KOs) through unanimous choice
Scorecards: 98-92, 99-91, 100-90
“I used to be on the lookout for the knockout and tried to get him out of there, however he was a troublesome opponent,” Carrillo stated. “Hopefully, what’s subsequent for me is an opponent with a giant title.”
WOMEN’S SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT MAIN CARD BOUT – 6 ROUNDS
Kiria Tapia (5-0, 0 KOs) sixth-round unanimous choice over Beata Dudek (4-5, 4 KOs)
Scorecards: 60-53, 60-53, 60-53
“I used to be glad to have all of the help of my household and followers in attendance,” Tapia stated. “I need to hold bettering and progressing and my crew and I are assured it may result in a world title shot sometime. The early knockdown set the tone for what I used to be in a position to do for the remainder of the combat.”
SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT MAIN CARD BOUT – 6 ROUNDS
Da’Velle Smith (10-0, 8 KOs) stopped Gilberto Santos (16-16, 12 KOs) through first-round TKO (2:28).
“I felt superb, and it was enjoyable on the market,” Smith stated “It didn’t final lengthy however I don’t receives a commission additional for extra time. I used to be in a position to present the followers in Puerto Rico and world wide only a little bit of what I can convey. He got here in obese, however we didn’t complain. We simply present up and win.”
In preliminary motion, all 4 winners got here from the island of Puerto Rico and from the “A” aspect. They included: Allen Morales from San Juan (KO at 1:38 of spherical two), Jorge Vizcarrando from Trujillo Alto (TKO at :15 of spherical 4), Karla Davila (six-round unanimous choice) and Antonio Mota from Toa Baja (four-round majority choice).
