Nelson Oliva’s first battle at 154 kilos was successful.
Oliva defeated Alfonso Olvera Saturday evening at Thunder Studios in Lengthy Seaside, California. Scores had been 79-73, 79-73 and 78-74 for Oliva, who improved to 12-0, 8 knockouts.
Olvera was sport and gained the opening spherical, however Oliva was the more-effective and correct fighter all through the remainder of the battle. The southpaw Oliva outboxed Olvera from distance or on the within, repeatedly touchdown with lead or counter left arms to the pinnacle.
Anytime the taller Olvera tried to mount an offense, Oliva swung the momentum again his method by placing him on the defensive with two-punch mixtures. Oliva clearly gained the battle, however coach Henry Ramirez thought Oliva may’ve fought a more-fluid and full battle.
“(Nelson was) very sluggish in there tonight, however (acquired) good rounds of expertise,” mentioned Ramirez after the battle.
In his earlier battle on March 30, Oliva, who grew up in Los Angeles, defeated Franyerson Puerta by unanimous determination. On November 4, Oliva scored a one-sided determination victory over Dario Guerrero-Meneses.
All three fights Oliva has fought inside the final 12 months have taken place at Thunder Studios. Oliva has fought below the Thompson Boxing Promotions banner, and the CBN Promotions banner since making his professional debut in February 2021.
The 28-year-old is educated by Henry Ramirez.
Olvera, who’s initially from Nogales, Mexico and now resides in Tucson, Arizona, falls to 13-9-3, 5 KOs. In his earlier battle on Could 13 of final 12 months, Olvera knocked out Ousmane Sylla.
Previous to the win over Sylla, over an 11-month span, the 34-year-old misplaced back-to-back fights towards Quinton Randall and Delonte Johnson.
In a conflict between unbeaten junior featherweight prospects, Hector Lopez defeated Noah Contreras by majority determination. One decide scored the bout 57-57, whereas the opposite two judges scored the bout 60-54 and 58-56 for Lopez, who improved to 6-0, 4 KOs.
After the primary two rounds, which produced stable exchanges, Lopez started asserting management within the ring, outboxing Contreras through the center rounds. Contreras would change to southpaw, which performed into the arms of Lopez, gorgeous Contreras on a handful of events.
Even by distance, Lopez linked with the more-effective mixtures as Contreras punch output through the closing two rounds.
Contreras, who resides in Fort Mohave, Arizona, falls to 9-1, 4 KOs.
In junior flyweight motion, newbie standout Terry Washington of San Bernardino was profitable in his professional debut, knocking out Ezequiel Robles (1-2) of Tepic, Mexico within the opening spherical.
After the halfway level of the primary spherical, Robles tried a two-punch mixture that missed. Washington countered with a left-right mixture, adopted by a left uppercut that dropped Robles to the canvas. Referee Raul Caiz, Jr. counted Robles out at 1:55.
Washington was not too long ago named ‘Most Excellent Boxer’ on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.
In light-weight motion, Eric Mondragon improved to 11-1, 4 KOs, defeating journeyman Jose Valenzuela (3-16-1, 2 KOs) of Puebla, Mexico by unanimous determination. Scores had been 59-55, 59-55, and 58-56 for Mondragon, who resides in close by Maywood.
Middleweight Blazen Rocili gained by knockout after spherical two after Selim Martinez (6-8, 2 KOs) of Matamoros, Mexico selected to not proceed. Rocili, who’s initially from Waipahu, Hawaii and now trains in Las Vegas, improved to 7-0, 6 KOs.
Within the opening bout of the CBN Promotions card, featherweight Kenario Davidson dropped India’s Gurjant Singh (2-1, 1 KO) in spherical three en path to a call win. Scores had been 38-37, 38-37 and 39-36 for Davidson, who was making his professional debut.
