Donaire upends Nishioka in nine, while Rios gets dramatic TKO 7 over Alvarado
By: Nick Bellafatto Ringside
Carson, CA– Piling up the points as the slightly busier fighter all night long in a bout that in comparison to an epic co-main event drew mainly boo’s from the capacity crowd at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) would finally awaken those in attendance by dropping his defensively tight and conservative opponent in former WBC junior featherweight champion and Ring Magazine number 1 ranked 122 pounder Toshiaki Nishioka (39-5-3, 24 KO’s) of Tokyo, Japan.
Getting to the Japanese fighter in the sixth, Nonito would deposit Toshiaki with a sneaky left uppercut for a 10-8 round. Fast forward to round number nine and Nonito would drop Nishioka for a second time, the result of a straight right hand off the ropes, finally finishing his adversary with yet another left uppercut in that same frame which would prompt referee Raul Caiz Sr. to call a halt. The official time was 1:54.
With the win the pound-for-pound prizefighter successfully defends both his IBF and WBO junior featherweight titles, while in addition he picks up the vacant WBC Diamond Belt which puts Nonito in line to face the winner of Mares-Moreno set for November 10th at the StaplesCenter in Los Angeles should either fighter want anything to do with Donaire.
Rios takes a licking and keeps on ticking
In an instant classic between undefeated fighter’s, former WBA lightweight champion Brandon“Bam Bam” Rios (31-0-1, 23 KO’s) ofOxnard,Californiawould successfully debut at junior welterweight in a big way, knocking off “Mile High” Mike Alvarado (33-1, 23 KO’s) to hand the bigger, stronger lookingDenver,Coloradonative his first professional loss.
Closing the show at 1:57 of round 7 starting with an uncharacteristic looping right hand that wobbled Alvarado, Rios would seize the moment by immediately following up with additional smashing right hands to the head and jaw of “Mile High” Mike, finishing his unresponsive foe with two left hooks while on the ropes which would prompt referee Pat Russell to intervene on behalf of a seemingly out of sorts Alvarado.
At the time of the stoppage two judges would have the score even, with another judge having Rios in front, contrary to what most pundits at ringside would have which was Mike Alvarado ahead 4-2 in rounds. Alvarado simply landed the visibly more appealing shots at a higher clip, getting the better of it both inside and out until the fateful moment in the seventh and what turned out to be final stanza.
With “Mile High” Mike working behind a successful jab from time to time that would leave his one dimensional brawler counterpart stifled, it would ironically be a lazy jab over which Rios would counter to begin Alvarado’s downfall. Taking a licking while dishing out his own form of retribution whenever possible, “Bam Bam’s” tenacity and sheer will to win finally paid dividends in a two way battle that kept fight fans riveted. The end result would see Rios garner the vacant WBO Latino junior welterweight belt in a bout considered a WBO title eliminator.
In another contest after all the principal bouts had taken place, junior featherweight “Vicious” Victor Pasillas (3-0, 1 KO) of East Los Angeles, California would pound out a four round unanimous decision over Jazzma Hogue (2-3-1) of Farmington, New Mexico by scores of 40-35 all around.
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