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Louie Lopez vs. Salvador Briceño Ends In A Draw
Photos: Chris Suchánek
This past Saturday, CBN Promotions held its second “New
Blood” card at the at Infinite Reality Studios in Long
Beach, CA. The event broadcasted live in Spanish on FOX
Deportes. In addition, “New Blood” will air on tape
delay on Estrella TV.
In the 8-round welterweight main event, Louie Lopez
(14-2-2, 4 KOs) of Corona, CA, and Salvador Briceño
(17-7, 11 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico, fought to a draw.
Lopez had his moments in the early rounds while Briceño
had his in the middle rounds. The action was going back
and forth as both fighters were going for it. Heading
into the final rounds it was anyone’s fight. The last
round was razor close and at the end the bout ended in a
draw. Scorecards read 76-76 across the board.
“I thought I edged him out,” said Lopez, “It was a close
fight but definitely thought I won. I’m ready to run it
back if he wants to. I’ll wait to see what that looks
like. I just want to get back in the ring and get a
victory.”
“I thought I did more damage and I’m not disappointed
with my performance,” said Briceño. “I’m sure a rematch
will be presented and I’m all for it. I’ll be back in
the gym soon waiting for the call. I know I have some
more fight left in my career and I’m willing to fight
anyone.”
In the scheduled 8-round super bantamweight co-main
event, Eros Correa (14-1, 9 KOs) of San Jose, CA,
defeated Robin Ellis (6-1, 5 KOs) of Las Vegas, NV, by
way of second round knockout. Correa used the first
round to feel Ellis out, using a lot of faints and
movement. In round two, Correa landed an overhand right
to the head of Ellis, sending him to the floor. Ellis
couldn’t recover and the bout was stopped at the 1:05
mark of round two.
The second televised fight of the night, a 4-round
middleweight weight bout, saw Nelson Oliva (10-0, 8 KOs)
of Los Angeles, CA, go the distance for only the second
time in his career against Dario Guerrero-Meneses
(3-7-1, 1 KO). Oliva outworked Guerrero-Meneses
throughout the entire bout winning a unanimous decision.
Scorecards read 40-36 by all three judges, all in favor
of Oliva.
Opening up the FOX Deportes telecast, Alejandro Luis
Silva (21-0-1, 16 KOs) of Buenos Aires, Argentina,
defeated Janer Gonzalez (21-6-1, 17 KOs) of Cartagena,
Colombia in a scheduled 8-round super welterweight
battle. Gonzalez did his best to land some power shots
in the opening round, but Silva was the one who
connected with the more powerful blows. In round two,
Silva landed a straight right hand that send Gonzalez to
the canvas. Gonzalez was able to get up only to get
dropped with another right hook to the head, this time
ending the bout at the 2:05 mark of round two.
In the third bout of the evening, Abel Mejia (2-0, 2
KOs) of Orange, CA, defeated Leslie Summers (0-3) of
Memphis, TN, in a scheduled 4-round lightweight bout.
Mejia landed two vicious body shots, the first a left to
the liver, followed by a right hook to the ribs sending
Summers to the canvas ending the bout at the 1:36 mark
of round one.
In bout number two, a 4-round welterweight contest, Jose
Mejia (2-0, 1 KO) of Palmdale, CA, defeated Christopher
Gonzalez (2-1, 2 KO) also of Palmdale, CA, by unanimous
decision. Mejia landed effective counter punches
throughout the match, mostly uppercuts. In the last
round Mejia made an adjustment and applied pressure,
pushing Gonzalez back to efficiently win the round.
Scorecards read 39-37and, 40-36 twice for Mejia.
In the opening fight of the night, a scheduled 4-round
super welterweight bout, Anthony Saldivar (5-0, 2 KOs)
of Ontario, CA, defeated Manuel Moreira (1-5) of
Billings, MT. Saldivar by way of unanimous decision.
Saldivar used his distance and lateral movement to
easily out box Moreira. Scorecards read 40-35 across the
board.
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