Unbeaten Middleweight Eric Priest gave Tyler ‘Herc’ Howard a boxing lesson in winning all ten rounds for the vacant WBA Continental North American title on Thursday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.
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Priest, 15-0 (8) defeated ‘Herc’ Tyler Howard, 20-3 (11) over 10 rounds. In the first round of four rounds, the jab of Priest countered oncoming Howard. Priest drew blood from the nose of Howard in the last minute of the fourth round.
In the fifth through the tenth, Priest gave Howard a boxing lesson, using his jab to perfection as Howard came forward but couldn’t get past the jab of Priest. The scores were 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90.
The referee was Ray Corona.
Super featherweight southpaw Leonardo ‘Bazooka’ Sanchez, 8-0 (6), impressed, defeating Joseph ‘Jaguar’ Cruz, 10-12 (6) over six lopsided rounds.
In the first four rounds, it was all southpaw Sanchez having Cruz on the defense with a flurry of punches. In the fifth round, Sanchez drew blood from the nose of Cruz.
Referee Rudy Baragan. All scores were 60-54.
Super Welterweight Jordan ‘The Patriot’ Panthen, 11-0 (9) defeated DeAundre ‘Dixianimal’ Pettus, 12-4 (7) over 10 rounds.
In the first round, Panthen, the aggressor, did well but suffered a cut on the hairline due to a clash of heads. In the second through the sixth round, Pettus came back well, countering Panthen, but not well enough to win the rounds. Both had moments in the eighth round, with Panthen outworking a countering Pettus.
The ninth and tenth rounds went back and forth, with Panthen suffering an abrasion around his left eye at the end.
The referee was Thomas Taylor. Scores 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93.
Super Welter Grant Flores, 8-0 (6), stopped David Lobo Ramirez, 17-4 (12) at 2:59 of the second round of a scheduled six rounds.
In the second round, in the final seconds, Flores busted up Ramirez’s nose, dropping him for an 8-count, causing Referee Ivan Guillermo to wave it off.
18-year-old Super Light Cayden Griffiths, 3-0 (3), stopped Marc Misiura, 3-7-1 (3) at 1:43 of the second round of a scheduled four rounds.
In the second round, Griffiths landed a vicious left to the body and dropped Misiura, who got up at 9, but the referee Rudy Baragan waved it off.
Bantamweight southpaw Jordan ‘Brazen Bull’ Fuentes, 3-0 (0) defeated Brandon ‘URIEL’ Badillo, 0-3-1 (0) over four rounds.
In the first two rounds, southpaw Fuentes countered the aggressive Badillo. In the third round,d Fuentes dropped Badillo with a right hook on the chin in the final fifteen seconds for an 8-count from referee Ivan Guillermo.
All scores were 40-35, 40-35, and 40-35.
The Ring Announcer was Joe Martinez