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Torres & Castillo Advance To WCBS Championship Final;
Randall-Alvarez Ends In Technical Draw
Last Thursday night, Luis “Koreano” Torres (15-0, 10 KOs)
and Irving “Poderoso” Castillo (10-2, 6 KOs) were semifinal
winners of the World Cup Boxing Series (WCBS) “4-Man
Lightweight Tournament” on the first 2022 installment of RJJ
Boxing Promotions on UFC FIGHT PASS®, at Palenque de la Expo
in Obregón, Sonora, Mexico.
The two tournament fights and three other bouts were
streamed live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS®, the
world’s leading digital subscription service for combat
sports.
Torres, the former WBC Youth Silver Lightweight Champion,
and Castillo advanced to this spring’s “WCBS Lightweight
Tournament” at a date and site to be determined.
In the main event, Torres knocked out Rodolfo “Rudy” Flores
(14-6, 6 KOs) in round four, after dropping him in the
second and third rounds. The pre-tournament favorite,
20-year-old Torres headlined the card in his hometown of
Obregon.
In the co-featured event, decorated United States amateur
Quinton Randall (8-0-1, 2 KOs) and Ivan “Ivan “Zurdo”
Alvarez (31-13-2, 21 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC USNBC
Silver Welterweight Championship. An unintentional headbutt
caused a severe cut over Alvarez’ right end, leading to a
second-round technical draw.
Castillo took an 8-round majority decision over Isai “Gaga”
Hernandez (11-3-1, 7 KOs) to set-up his showdown against
Torres in the “WCBS Lightweight Tournament” championship
final.
In two other lightweight fights on UFC FIGHT PASS,
Venezuelan Fradimil Macayo (16-1, 13 KOs) went the distance
for only the third time in his career, winning an 8-round
unanimous decision versus previously unbeaten Armando
Ramirez Almanza (5-1-1, 2 KOs), of Mexico; undefeated
19-year-old prospect Jorge “Jorgito” Cota (7-0, 5 KOs) - the
youngest in the famed Mexican fightin’ Montiel family –
stopped his Guatemalan opponent Rene “Kampana” de Leon
Mazariegos (7-4, 4 KOs) in the third round.
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