Chris Chatman raked Alberto Herrera with a blazing left hook that rendered Herrera defenseless yet on his feet. Referee Ray Corona saw the peril and stepped in front of Herrera to keep him from harm’s way. The end came at 2:47 of the fourth round of their welterweight match up.

“He was one-track minded”, explained Chatman. “He had no angles. He had no feints. He only came forward looking for the knockout.” Chatman (8-1) started quickly, dropping Herrera with a short left hand early in the first. When the action resumed Chatman jumped on Herrera and put him down a second time with a right-left combination.

Brimming with confidence, Chatman stalked Herrera to start the second. Herrera (7-1-1) recovered mid way through the round and bulled Chatman to the ropes where he let his hands go. Talking trash to one another, the fighters traded power punches in a raucous third. Chatman’s superior hand speed enabled him to dominate the exchanges though both men landed liberally. The fourth was close until Chatman landed the fight ending blow.
 

Christopher Rizo continued his unbeaten streak with a hard fought six round victory over Alex Viramontes. In the first Rizo fired both hands to the body with an occasional hook straying below the belt.

Rizo’s focus on the body continued in the second and a borderline blow set off a furious exchange with 30 seconds remaining in the round. The fighters exchanged body blows up to and through the bell to end the third. Viramontes (9-7) landed the best punch through four when he landed a right that straightened Rizo up. Rizo (6-0-1) scored a pretty 3-punch combination late in the fifth to seal the round.

Half way through a tight sixth Rizo wobbled Viramontes with a left hook that turned the round squarely in his favor. All three judges scored the fight 60-54.
 

Oscar Andrade may not be a left-hooker, but he left hooked Federico Martinez into submission at 2:07 of the first round to win their lightweight bout.

 Andrade (3-0) clubbed Martinez with a series of left hooks before stopping him with a final left hook to the mid section. Martinez (0-1) dropped to a knee where he was counted out.
 

Turn out the lights the party’s over. Donyil Livingston’s right hand put Steve Macomber (3-11-1) to sleep at 2:55 of the second round of their middleweight contest.

In the opener Livingston (2-0) walked through Macomber’s punches to land his own. In the second Livingston smartly worked behind the jab to end the contest.
 

It was only a matter of time. Sergio Nunez hurt Mike Cross with every left hook he landed. The final hook of the evening put Cross (0-1) on queer street and prompted referee Ray Corona to halt the contest at 2:36 of the second round.

The battle of debutants was one sided as Nunez (1-0) dominated every minute and every exchange.
 

Bantamweight Daniel Roman shocked the house by stopping Cristian Cruz 43 seconds into the opening round of his professional debut.

A solid body shot caused Cruz (2-2) to turn his back and retreat to the ropes where referee Raul Caiz Sr. stopped the bout when Cruz refused to continue. Roman (1-0) trains and fights out of Los Angeles, CA.