Elite Boxing Results

Adrian Alvarado is Victorious at Commerce Casino and More Results

By Sophia Reyes

COMMERCE, Ca.-The red corner reigned during Elite Boxing’s Evolution 8 at the Commerce Casino. The card was stacked with local boxers who put on a tough show for a supportive audience, and even though there were no women bouts, there was a strong female presence with a female timekeeper, athletic inspector, and two judges.

Adrian Alvarado (8-0-1) defeated Roberto Purcheta (10-23-3) in the six round bantamweight main event of the evening by unanimous decision. With his statuesque harsh downturned smile, Purcheta proved to be a formidable opponent for Alvarado.

Throughout the fight the boxers displayed their intricate technique. Purcheta was very skilled at redirecting punches while Alvarado executed flawless pivots into counters. It is unclear if Alvarado was caught off guard by Purcheta’s cross or if he simply tripped in the first round. Alvarado shot straight back up and dominated the second round with snapping jabs, as well as giving Purcheta a bloody nose against the ropes.

The fourth and fifth round was the belly of the fight with nonstop bobbing and weaving power punch exchanges. Alvarado utilized his pivots to outbox some grueling middle ring inside game. In the final round, as the crowd chanted “Adee” Purcheta blew bloody steam out of his nose like a bull and focused on body work while Alvarado kept to his pivot counters. The last 10 seconds was an all-out ceaseless slug fest.

“I wanted to get a KO victory, but with his experience I knew I had to win every round convincingly.” The judge’s score cards read 58 -55, 58-55 57-56, all in favor of local favorite Alvarado.

CO MAIN EVENT

Adrian “El Chino” Montoya (13-1) defeated Leonardo Torres (10-18-1) by way of TKO at 1:48 seconds into the sixth and final round of the featherweight co main event. The fight was off to a slow start with the Mexican fighters taking their time to read their opponent thoroughly.

Montoya’s slamming and slapping style punches stunned his opponent throughout the first two rounds. Each fighter landed notable hooks. The third round showed middle ring inside game with Montoya’s technique shining through his digging close range uppercut hook combinations. In the fourth round, Torres put up shop in the middle of the ring while Montoya moved from left to right. This did not last long. Torres was suddenly against the ropes. Montoya threw non stop uppercuts right down the middle of his opponent’s guard, but Torres was able to break free with a left hook up top. In the final round, Montoya punched his opponent all the way to the other side of the ring, finishing him with a uppercut to the body. Torres received a count from the ref, but managed to get back up. The fight ended with Torres taking massive guard cutting uppercuts in the corner of the ring which resulted in a stoppage by the referee Edgar Cruz. Montoya’s trainer said, “In the last round, I asked Montoya if he really wanted to win or not. He said he did. So I told him, then do it.”

OTHER BOUTS

The fight between Francisco Casillas (3-0-2) and Pedro Salome (3-1-2) ended in an upset with a majority draw. Casillas used smooth pivots into long uppercut combos while Salome stuck to crosses in which one caught Casillas slightly off guard twisting his ankles. Salome showed he was not afraid of Casillas height and reach advantage with forward lunge combinations, jamming his opponent’s punches. Each fighter landed several punches. Salome threw a down hook and down cross, and Casillas a hook, uppercut cross followed by a four punch combo. The judges score cards read 38-38, 40-36, 38-38.

“He was a good fighter. I felt the weight he had on me, I could not push him back as I wanted. I tried boxing but it turned into a fight, and I thought I edged it out,” Casillas said.

Pablo Melgar (6-2-1) defeated Jesus Perardua (8-8) by majority decision in an impressive four round featherweight bout. In the first two rounds, Melgar displayed strategic head movement and powerful punches. In the last two rounds, each fighter used double jabs to try and close the distance, both landing notable crosses. From there on, it was a game of entanglement and guard against guard pushing. Melgar executed sharp uppercuts to break free followed by a slapping left hook. The fighters went hard for the last ten seconds, and the judges’ score cards read 38-38, 39-37 and 40-36. All in favor of Melgar.

East LA’s Osvaldo Lopez (4-0) obliterated Juan Meza Moreno (4-2) in the welterweight bout by the way of TKO at 2:28 seconds into the first round. Lopez’s slaying cross punch overpowered Moreno three times in the first, one after the other. The first two were followed by counts, then the last a dramatic referee stoppage. Lopez commented, “I love to get the KO, but I don’t go looking for it. Once I see my guy hurt, I see the advantage is there.”

Jose “Pablo” Rodriquez (5-1) won by majority decision in the super lightweight bout against OC Boxing’s Darynn Leyva (2-6-1). Leyva came out with a very tight peekaboo style guard. After trying a few different techniques, Pablo broke down his opponents guard with hammering cross hook cross combinations. In the second round Leyva opened up a little and stuck to rolling uppercuts, while Pablo started to dig into his punches more, landing a mean right cross. In the third round Pablo stayed lighter on his feet, and used more angles. After walking straight into Leyva’s power cross, Rodriquez managed to come back with a smacking left hook. The final round moved all over the ring as the exhausted fighters crashed into each other like magnets. Rodriquez threw a notable double uppercut hook body combo. The judge’s score cards read 38-38, 40-36, 39-37, with Rodriquez taking home the win.

In a strong opening bantamweight fight that did not last all four rounds, the undefeated Jose “Chema” Barajas (2-0) beat Spencer Bryant (0-2) by way of TKO. Barajas utilized his height and reach advantage with explosive uppercut hook combos that his opponent could not handle and began to hug Barajas waist. After talking with Bryant, the referee deemed he was unfit to continue and stopped the fight in between the second and third round. Barajas comments, “If I started at a faster pace, I would have gotten him out of there earlier. He came out in a southpaw stance that we did not expect, but we were able to overcome that. I was ready to finish him in the 3rd.”

La Puente Boxing Gym’s Jaime Rios (1-1-1) defeated a determined Larry Serrano (0-4-1) in a bantam weight skirmish by way of TKO in the fourth and final round.The fight was a non stop exchange with each fighter taking punches upstairs and downstairs. Rios ramped up his energy in the second half of the fight, leaving Serrano in a seated position on the ring floor by a mean cross against the ropes. Serrano got right back up and continued to give 100% effort but it was not enough as the ref called the fight in the fourth round during a blistering corner ring combo.