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Charles Huerta bounces back in Ontario


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Still smarting from his last year's heartbreaking close decision loss to Christopher Martin, that deprived him of the then vacant WBO/NABO Junior Featherweight Title at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Charles Huerta made sure this time, to take matters out of the hands of the judges, as he scored a technical knockout of the dreaded Eduardo Arcos, just hours ago at the Doubletree Hotel here in Ontario, California, in the main event of Thompson Boxing Promotions' latest edition of "Path to Glory" boxing show.

After a tightly fought first two rounds, Charles Huerta began to assert himself in the third and fourth rounds, behind a steady job and several good connects to the body, forcing the lanky Eduardo Arcos to backpedal and cover up. However, at the start of the fifth round, the boxer known as "El Latigo" from Tijuana, Mexico, who now fights out of Texas, suddenly stormed out of his corner, firing cylinders from all angles, momentarily stopping Charles Huerta in his tracks. But, just as the fight was interestingly shaping up to be a long drawn battle with more action packed rounds expected, it proved to be Eduardo Arcos' last hurrah, as he was all drained after that short burst of glory, and, going into the last 35 seconds of the round, he was hardly returning fire anymore while Charles Huerta was heaving bomb after bomb to steal back the round.

On advice of his corner, Eduardo Arcos stayed on his stool, dejected, and looking every bit, a spent bullet, surrendered the fight at the end of the fifth round, and Charles Huerta was officially declared winner by TKO. The "Pride of Paramount" Charles Huerta now sets his sights at another possible crack at the Junior Lightweight gold.

In the other 8-round, semi-main event, hot Flyweight prospect Miguel Diaz, 9-0, 4KOs, streaked to his ninth straight victory by retiring Evaristo Primero in the sixth round. Miguel Diaz immediately went to work and scored a quick knockdown in the first round to set the tone of his total domination of Evaristo Primero. In the fifth round, Miguel Diaz again floored his Texas foe, but before he could finish him off, the bell rang ending the round. At the start of the sixth round, Evaristo Primero was still very much in dire straits and as he was absorbing punishment from his opponent, he strayed a punch south of the border on Miguel Diaz, prompting the Referee David Mendoza to halt action and give Diaz time to recover. However, Primero's corner decided to throw in the towel just the same, knowing their fighter has not really shaken off the effects of the previous round's disastrous knockdown, and would not be able to hold off another wave of attack. Miguel Diaz was therefore awarded a TKO victory.

In what was probably the best fight of the evening, Lightweights Sergio Nunez and Jesus Mendez battled tooth and nail in a very close tactical fight, with, each boxer having their moments throughout the contest. After five rounds, the fight seemed even, and it was evident that the sixth and final round had become a must win round for the boxer who wants get the nod of the judges, and Jesus Mendez just came close to achieving that. He fought smart, was quicker, darting in and out after scoring clean counter straights to the face and body of Sergio Nunez, and was just about 6 seconds away from scoring a major upset and handing Nunez his first defeat, when he threw all caution to the wind, and traded punches with Nunez hoping perhaps to end the round with a flourish. Instead, a straight to the chin sent him crashing down to the canvas for the fateful knockdown and eventual defeat. Judges scores were 57-55 across the board.

In other bouts, Welterweight Rigoberto Flores defeated Hector Garza by unanimous decision with scores of 60-54 across the board. Giovanni Santillan knocked out Alberto Espinosa in the first round in the other Welterweight bout. Columbian Lightweight Daulis Prescott registered his 19 abbreviated win with a third round KO of Jose Angel Cota, improving his fight ledger to 24-1-0. Daulis is younger brother of Breidis Prescott, who handed Amir Khan his first knockout loss. And, Super Bantamweight Isaac Zarate won by unanimous decision over Jeremy Longoria over four rounds, scoring a knockdown each in every round and two in the fourth round, but just could not put away his stubborn opponent. All three judges scored the bout 39-31.

Final tally for the California vs. Texas encounter - 7-0.




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