Cruiserweight Brandon Glanton remained undefeated on Friday night, knocking out Mario Aguilar at the ProBoxTV Event Center (aka Whitesands) in Plant City, Florida.
Glanton, who resides in Atlanta, Georgia, improves to 17-0, 14 knockouts.
From the opening bell, Glanton was the aggressor, putting Aguilar on the defensive. Glanton would back up Aguilar’s game on the ropes and throw two-punch combinations.
During the second round, Glanton hurt Aguilar on the ropes. Referee Jose Rivera looked like he was going to step in and stop the fight, but he caught an unintentional left hook to the chin. He didn’t seem visibly hurt when, moments later, Glanton landed a left hook to the body that dropped Aguilar to one knee. Aguilar remained in that position as he was counted out at 1:09.
“It came out the way I thought it would,” Glanton said after the fight. “He came out hitting. But I don’t know why he decided to make it a battle of attrition because that’s my game. He can hit. However, I could see (me landing the body shot) coming from a mile away. He gave it to me. Body head. But he didn’t expect him to come so easily.
“I thought I was going to knock him out because he kept hitting me on the chin, but I went to the body and it was over.”
Glanton, 30, had fought on Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) cards in recent months. His most notable fight was a split decision win over Efetobor Apochi on June 21 of last year.
Aguilar, who resides in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico, falls to 22-8, 18 KOs. He entered the Glanton fight having won four of his previous six fights.
In the co-feature, which was a clash of unbeaten light heavyweights, Richard VanSiclen of Seattle, Washington defeated Hakim Lopez by unanimous decision. The scores were 78-75, 78-75 and 78-74 for VanSiclen, who improves to 13-0, 6 KOs.
The southpaw VanSiclen tried to counter Lopez during the first half of the fight. During the middle rounds, Lopez mixed up his attack but by throwing and landing to the body.
During the last two rounds, VanSiclen was the more assertive fighter, especially in the seventh round when he landed a series of hooks to Lopez’s chin. VanSiclen was busier, while Lopez’s punch production slowed.
Lopez, who resides in Ellenwood, Georgia, drops to 13-1, 8 KOs.
Junior lightweight prospect Otar Eranosyan defeated former junior featherweight world title challenger Cesar Juarez (27-12, 22 KOs) of Mexico City by unanimous decision.
The scores were 77-74, 77-74 and 78-73 for Eranosyan, who improves to 12-0, 6 KOs.
Juarez was the aggressor and tried to throw a lot of punches, but Eranosyan easily dodged and countered Juarez.
As the fight progressed, the 29-year-old Eranosyan continued to outbox Juarez. At times, the two would wrestle with each other, leading Eranosyan to push Juarez to the mat. During the seventh round, after pushing Juarez to the canvas for the second time, Eranosyan was deducted a point.
Eranosyan, who is originally from Akhalkalaki, Georgia and now resides in Miami Beach, Florida, appeared on two ShoBox broadcasts. In his most recent outing on January 7, Eranosyan knocked down previously undefeated Starling Castillo twice in the first round en route to a unanimous decision victory.
In the opening bout of the ProBoxTV telecast, junior middleweight prospect Marcus Valle of nearby Lutz improved to 6-0, 6 KOs by stopping San Antonio’s Benjamin Whitaker (15-10, 3 KOs) at 2 :57 of the first round.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for BoxingScene since September 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County, California, Star newspaper. He can be reached via email at [email protected] or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing.
