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Ringside Report: Sal Varela
Photos: Rico Galvan
San Jose’s American Metal and Iron “Fight Night at the Tank” showed off some of the young talents the West Coast has to offer and they did not disappoint with lots of KO’s and Liverpunching action to show for!
Heavyweight Keith Spencer Knock’s opponent out of the Ring!
 
In heavyweight action last night in San Jose, Theron “the Promise” Johnson (1-1) of Chicago, Ill was nearly knocked out of the ring against late substitute Keith Spencer of Newark NJ (4-0) in 2 heats of action! Lots of holding early on in round one with Spencer pressing the action and Johnson landing on the outside. In the 2nd round Spencer caught Johnson on the ropes, landing a brutal barrage, sending him down at 2:29 in round 2. A huge right hand landed as Johnson was going down, nearly sending him out of the ring. Spencer gets his third pro KO in four outings and took the fight on only 3 days notice. He looks to take care of more business like this real soon.
When asked if he would be ready to cleanup the heavyweight mess he responded, “I’d be kinda arrogant to say something like that but we’ll just take it one day at a time….and there’s a lot of great talent out there. I’ll be back hopefully on the 26th or 27th, they just called me on Monday to take this fight!” He is a heavyweight to keep an eye on.
“I paid my dues, sparring with Lance Whitiker, Jeremy Williams and James Toney learning something from them each and every day!”
Heavyweight Manuel “
El Toro
” Quezada gets another win
In the main event, heavyweight Manuel “el Torro” Quezada 23-4 15KO’s WBC-CABOFE Champ of Wasco, Ca defeated John Clark 12-13-1 via UD as he works his way up to contention. Little action early on in the fight, Quezada mostly stayed the busier fighters using his jab and body work. Quezada began to loosen up and land more on the bigger John Clark with body work on the ropes and more accurate punching. Quezada given the nod via UD 80-72, 80-72 79-73.
Rico Ramos lands BRUTAL Liverpunch in battle of Undefeateds…
Rico Ramos of
Los Angeles
,
CA
3-0 (2 KO’s) up’ed his record with a TKO victory vs Jerry “Gallito” Mondragon 3-1 (2KO’s) of
Fresno
, Ca in the “
Battle
of the Young Undefeateds.”
Rico’s quick hand speed and liverpunch landed several times sending Mondragon to the canvas taking a knee to recover. With 57 seconds left in the round, Ramos landed yet another devastating liverpunch sending him down. In the 2nd round, the referee stepped in and called an end to the action.
JP Peterson of
San Francisco
gets KO in Pro Debut with huge Bay Area “Biker” following.
Jason JP Peterson of San Francisco CA made his Pro Debut vs. Steve Martin of Topeka, Kan 1-1 1KO and did not disappoint his very large contingent of Biker Fans from the Bay Area.
Peterson landed the left jab early followed by a right uppercut. Martin tried to land wildly in the corner but Peterson defended well. In the last seconds of the 1st round JP wobbled his opponent with a late barrage as the ref broke them up. The second round began where the 1st left off. The left hook did damage bringing the crowd to its feet eventually causing the ref to jump in and stop the action in 2 rounds.
Dallas Jr. makes easy work in 2nd outing in
San Jose
Mike Dallas Jr of
Bakersfield
, Ca (2-0) up’d his record with a unanimous decision victory over valiant Marlo Cortez of Van Nuys, Ca 2-4-2 (1KO) in Junior Welterweight action.
Dallas
made his pro debut here in
San Jose
’s Fight Night at the Tank the last time around and he came to do it again.
The left hand of
Dallas
landed early and often to the body and head. Quick hand speeds by
Dallas
and athletic prowess made all the difference. In the middle rounds he continued to land the left uppercut and left hooks. All 3 judges gave the unanimous win to Mike Dallas with a score of 40-36
Perez of Salinas remains undefeated!
Eloy “The Prince” Perez of Salinas 11-0 (2KO’s) went up against Jorge “el Tigre” Pimentel 12-7 10 KO’s of
Sonora
Mexico
in a junior middleweight bout. Perez kept popping the left hand looking for openings as the Mexican puncher banged from the outside. Perez landed the left hook followed by quick combinations upstairs giving him the UD win 77-75, 79-73, 80-72.
Herrera KO’s Local Oakland fighter in 1!
Local fighter Anthony Chavez 1-1 of
Oakland
California
could not keep up with the quick speed of Carlos Herrera 1-2 of
Oxnard
, Ca in a Junior Lightweight bout. Chavez went down but it was not ruled a knock down early on but left himself wide open for counters. With 1:29 left in the first round, a huge combination - right hand wobbled Chavez in the neutral corner, sending him down and out. Referee stopped the action and assisted Chavez back to his corner.
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