Omar Trinidad stops Jose Perez in seventh round

COMMERCE, Calif. – Omar Trinidad continues to win and assert himself as a legit prospect within the featherweight division.

Trinidad overcame a powerful begin by Jose Perez, dropping him twice en path to a knockout win in spherical eight earlier than a boisterous sellout crowd on the Commerce On line casino. Trinidad, who resides in close by Boyle Heights, improved to 15-0-1, 12 KOs.

From the opening bell, Perez selected to field from distance, as Trinidad tried to stroll him down. In the direction of the tip of Spherical 2, Perez related with a lead proper cross that landed to the top of Trinidad. Moments later, Trinidad landed a left-right mixture to the top previous to the tip of the spherical.

All through the combat, Perez would swap to southpaw, then again to a traditional stance to throw off Trinidad or hold him at bay. From a traditional stance, Perez was in a position to transfer out and in of Trinidad’s, throwing and touchdown a lead proper hand or winging left hook to the top.

Early in spherical 5, a lead proper cross thrown by Perez related, snapping again the top of Trinidad. Undaunted, Trinidad appeared to equalize with a hook or cross of his personal, however would, at occasions, smother himself as he walked in to land a punch.

Through the sixth spherical, Trinidad started to fluctuate his offense, aiming his assault to the physique after not discovering a whole lot of success to the top of Perez. He started throwing extra jabs, enable him to attach with straight proper palms behind them.

Each Trinidad and Perez scored with hooks and crosses that introduced the gang to their toes. Later within the spherical, Trinidad related with a verify hook, dropping Perez to the canvas. Perez was in a position to beat the depend and make it out of the spherical.

Moments into spherical eight, Trinidad backed Perez right into a nook. He would throw and land a sequence of proper palms to the top, dropping Perez to the canvas. Perez beat the depend, however turned his again to referee Gerard White, prompting him to cease the combat at 1:07.

“Jose is a warrior,” stated Trinidad after the combat. “He’s robust. I obtained a bit forward of myself early. As soon as I put the stress on, I used to be in a position to get him.”

The 28-year-old gained a WBC regional title belt with the victory over Perez.

Perez, who resides in close by Gardena, falls to 11-3-2, 5 KOs. In his earlier combat on October 14, Nunez misplaced by split-decision to high prospect Duke Ragan.

Within the co-featured bout, Eduardo Diaz of Inglewood defeated Jose Manuel Gomez by split-decision in an motion combat. One choose scored the bout 58-56, whereas the opposite two judges had Diaz profitable 58-56.

Diaz improved to 8-3, 2 KOs.

Each fighters had their moments within the back-and-forth combat, producing strong exchanges. As one scored with a mix or counter, the opposite fighter would join with a hook or cross of their very own.

Gomez, who resides in Livermore, California, falls to 4-4-1, 4 KOs.

Featherweight Adan Ochoa (13-4, 6 KOs) of close by Compton gained by knockout after the second spherical after John Mark Alimane was not in a position to proceed.

The shorter Alimane was sport in spurts, however Ochoa was the more-effective fighter, outboxing Alimane all through a lot of the combat. After the tip of the fourth spherical, Alimane complained of an damage to referee Thomas Taylor, who on the recommendation of the Alimane nook, waved the combat off.

Alimane, who resides in Manila within the Philippines, falls to 8-6-1, 4 KOs.

Junior welterweight David Romero of Los Angeles defeated Argentina’s Luciano Ramos by unanimous choice. All three judges scored the bout 60-51 in favor of Romero, who improved to 5-0-1, 1 KO.

Ramos (2-4) was deducted a degree in spherical 5 and in spherical six for extreme holding.

In flyweight motion, Brook Sibrian stopped Nikkia Williams (0-2) at 1:29 of the third spherical. Sibrian, who resides in Coachella, California, goes to 2-0, 1 KO.

Beginner standout and junior light-weight Abel Mejia improved to 3-0, 2 KOs, defeating Tijuana’s Luis Montellano (3-13-3, 3 KOs) by unanimous choice. Scores had been 39-37, 39-37, and 40-36 for Mejia, who resides in Santa Ana, California.

Within the opening bout of the 360 Boxing Promotions card, which streamed reside on UFC Battle Go, junior flyweight Guadalupe Medina of close by Maywood gained by majority choice, defeating Lilian Almaraz by majority choice. One choose scored the bout 38-38, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 40-36 for Medina, who improved to 5-0, 2 KOs.

Almarez, who resides in Lawrenceville, Georgia, falls to 0-4.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]

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