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Angel Beltran Defeats Louie Lopez By Unanimous Decision
To Keep Seven Fight Winning Streak Alive
This past Friday at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA on
Thompson Boxing’s “Path To Glory” card, a special memorial
to Ken Thompson was presented as the night was filled with
many family and friends who attended and showed their
respects
In the 8-round main event, Angel Beltran (16-1, 9 KOs)
defeated Louie Lopez (13-2-1, 4 KOs) by way of unanimous
decision. In round one, Beltran landed a left hook to the
body, sending Lopez to the canvas. Lopez got up and fought
hard for the remainder of the fight. Beltran showed he was
the better fighter as was landing the more powerful punches
with accuracy. Scorecards read 77-74, 78-73 twice, all in
favor of Beltran.
“I wanted to show everyone that I’m a real fighter with
talent to become a world champion,” said Beltran. “I knew
Lopez was going to be a tough challenge, but I had
confidence in my ability to win the fight. I know more
opportunities will come my way with hard work. This win will
get me closer to a big fight, hopefully for a small title by
the end of the year.”
In the 6-round welterweight co-main event, Jesus Gonzalez
(6-0-1, 2 KOs) and Keon Papillion (5-0-1, 4 KOs) fought to a
draw. Gonzalez was winning the early rounds and Papillion
came back to win the later rounds. Both fighters were
letting their hands go in an all-out slugfest. When Gonzalez
started to get in a grove, Papillion would roar back with a
vengeance. Scorecards read 58-56, 56-58 and 57-57.
In the second bout of the evening, a scheduled 6-round super
middleweight clash, Marcos Hernandez (16-6-2, 3 KOs) won a
hard-fought unanimous decision against Jeremy Ramos (11-14,
4 KOs). Hernandez put Ramos down in round two with a left
hook to the body. Ramos survived and came back to win some
of the middle rounds but it wasn’t enough as Hernandez
closed out the show by winning the final rounds. Scorecards
read 60-53, 57-56, 58-55 in favor of Hernandez.
In the opening bout of the night, a scheduled 6-round super
middleweight contest, Rowdy Montgomery (10-4-1, 7 KOs)
defeated Antonio Duarte (2-6) by way of knockout. Montgomery
dropped Duarte in round two with a powerful right hook.
Duarte got up and was sent to the canvas again with another
right hook, this time ending the fight at the 1:32 mark of
round two.
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