Highlights

Fast-rising teenager Elijah Garcia (14-0, 12 KOs) rose to the occasion in a massive step-up fight, dropping and stopping previously undefeated middleweight contender Amilcar Vidal, Jr. (16-1, 12 KOs) with a barrage of punches at 2:17 of the fourth round. Watch the KO HERE. From the opening bell, Garcia initiated a two-way action fight that came to a sudden end when Vidal was stunned by a right hand to the head and retreated against the ropes in search of cover. The 19-year-old Garcia sensed he had hurt his opponent and pounced, unleashing a flurry of punches that dropped Vidal and forced referee Jack Reiss to stop the fight. “This is what everyone dreams of, so this isn’t a surprise,” said Phoenix’s Garcia, who has now stopped six of his last seven opponents. “This is what I worked for since I turned pro so we’re going to keep moving forward one step at a time.” Through just three-and-a-half rounds of a back-and-forth affair, both fighters were bloodied and combined for 189 punches landed and 593 punches thrown. The power punches were the difference in the fight as Garcia landed 54 percent of his power punches to Vidal’s 46 percent. In the fourth round, Garcia landed 62 percent of his power punches including the all-decisive final blows. “I stay ready and mentally I’m strong,” Garcia continued. “I know mentally I might have lost the first couple of rounds, but I was breaking him down. He started backing up. He’s a great opponent. No disrespect to him. I caught him and I finished him. I’m not sure what I hurt him with, but I know I hurt him and for me being 19 I have the maturity to tell if they’re hurt or not.” After emphatically announcing himself to the boxing world in his national television debut, Garcia promised that his newly earned fans would be seeing plenty more of him. “I might become a champion before I’m 21 or 22,” he said. “I might be ahead of schedule.”

In a slugfest of a co-main event, power-punching Mexican Armando Reséndiz (14-1, 10 KOs) delivered a star-making performance, battering “Swift” Jarrett Hurd (24-3, 16 KOs) and spoiling the former unified 154-pound world champion’s comeback fight. The ringside physician stopped the contest five seconds into the tenth and final round due to a severe laceration on Hurd’s lip. The determined Reséndiz outworked Hurd, landing 280 of his 780 punches thrown, the most connected punches of any Hurd opponent. In the spirited middleweight scrap, Hurd had his moments on the attack, connecting on 228 of his 562 (40 percent) punches thrown. However, Hurd, in his first fight in 21 months, was unable to overcome Reséndiz’s pressure and volume punching. Reséndiz landed 206 power punches, eventually opening up a deep cut on Hurd’s lip that caused the fight to end. At the time of the stoppage, Reséndiz was ahead on all three judges’ scorecards. “I was visualizing this fight for so long, how I was going to win this fight,” Reséndiz said in the ring through SHOWTIME interpreter Felix DeJesus. “It was all about heart, but I know I can be even better and you’ll see what I mean in my next fight. I told everyone I was willing to go to war, I’m Mexican, after all. It was a strong, physical fight just like we expected. The results speak for themselves.” Hurd tried working his jab early, landing a total of 27 jabs in rounds three and four, but fighting for just the third time in over three years, Hurd faded as the rounds went on. In rounds six through nine, Reséndiz landed 106 power punches while limiting Hurd to 69 landed power punches. “I knew this was going to be a tough, toe-to-to fight based on our styles,” said the 32-year-old Hurd, who lost inside the distance for the first time in his career. “But I only had to make it one more round. I wish I could have finished it, but my lip was cut too bad. So, congratulations to Reséndiz. I definitely wish I could have continued. At no point was I hurt at all in that fight, but I have to respect what the doctors say and there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Filipino power puncher Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo (28-2, 18 KOs) took home a unanimous decision over Mexico’s Jorge Mata (21-3-2, 13 KOs) after 10-rounds in the featherweight division.

Undefeated super bantamweight contender David “Rey” Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs) keep his unbeaten record intact with a hard-fought unanimous decision over Kyonosuke Kameda (15-5-2, 9 KOs) in their 10-round clash.

Former longtime world champion Gary Russell Jr. (32-2, 19 KOs) as he stopped Hugo Castañeda (15-3-1, 11 KOs) with a vicious body shot 26 seconds into the 10th and final round of their lightweight affair.

Former two-division world champion Brandon “The Heartbreaker” Figueroa (26-2-1, 19 KOs) won a unanimous decision over featherweight contender Joet Gonzalez (27-5, 15 KOs) in their WBA Featherweight Title Eliminator. Two judges saw the bout 116-112, with the third judge turning in a 115-113 tally.

Mexican star Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (28-3-1, 18 KOs) dropped 140-pound contender Omar Salcido (20-3, 14 KOs) in the 10th and final round as he dominated the action and earned a unanimous decision by scores of 100-88 and 99-89 twice. Cruz had originally been scheduled to face Angel Fierro, who was forced to withdraw due to a medical emergency, prompting Salcido to step in on short notice.

Manny Pacquiao and Mario Barrios went toe-to-toe for 12 hard fought rounds, fighting to a majority draw. Barrios retained his WBC belt and Manny Pacquiao showed the world that age is just a number. The legend can still fight.

In a rematch of 2024’s bloodiest fight and saw Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora (23-1-1, 15 KOs) retain his WBC Super Welterweight World Championship by defeating former champion Tim Tszyu (25-3, 18 KOs) via TKO after round seven. Following an electric round that saw both men land huge punches, Tszyu’s corner waived off the fight between rounds.

Undefeated rising super welterweight Isaac Lucero (17-0, 13 KOs) delivered a dominating second-round knockout of the previously unbeaten Omar Valenzuela (23-1, 20 KOs), dropping him hard in round two before a final flurry forced referee Mike Ortega to halt the action 2:57 into the round.