Boxing fans celebrated Mexico’s Independence Day in style on Saturday night as the World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 20 rated Luis “Koreano” Torres (17-0, 10 KOs) outboxing and beating Mexican lightweight prospect Cesar, “previously undefeated.” Torito” Gutierrez (14-1-2, 5 KOs) in the main event of “Canela Boxeo”, presented by CANELA.TV, at Expo Palenque in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico.
Torres, 20, the reigning WBC Latino lightweight champion, showed all his skills in a relatively one-sided fight against Gutierrez, in which Torres won nine of 10 rounds in the non-title bout. Torres, who was fighting in his hometown, is a former WBC junior silver lightweight champion.
“What a great night of fights on CANELA.TV tonight in Obregon, Sonora, Mexico,” promoter Guy Taylor said after last night’s show.
“This was Luis Torres’ finest hour and breakout performance. He went down and dominated a previously undefeated fighter (14-0). Our next move for Torres will be bringing him to Southern California for a full training camp.”
In Fight of the Night, Colombian knockout Kevin Piedrahita (7-1, 7 KOs) defeated previously undefeated Marco Cota Moreno (8-1, 6 KOs) in the fifth round via TKO in the co-main event. . Cota, 20, was a prominent Mexican amateur boxer.
“I told everyone that Cota versus Piedrahita would be ‘Fight of the Night,’ and that it was everything we could have asked for and more,” Taylor said. “Thank you both for daring to be great and giving a performance that fans will be talking about for a while.”
Late replacement Ernesto Garcia (5-2, 5 KOs) shocked his previously unbeaten Honduran opponent, Gerardo Sanchez (6-1, 3 KOs), with a shocking first-round stoppage in their light flyweight special attraction.
Cota’s younger brother, 17-year-old featherweight Alejandro Cota (3-1, 1 KO), also suffered his first professional loss, dropping a four-round unanimous decision to Alex Fuentes Borbón (3-0). Cota was also a noted amateur boxer.
In the first match, Pedro Penunuri (3-0, 1 KO) defeated José Alfredo Martínez (2-1, 0 KO) by unanimous decision in four rounds.
