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Friday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, CA on a Don Chargin and Paco Presents boxing show, IBA Super Flyweight Champion, Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante (12-1-1, 6 KOs), scored a brutal first round knockout against veteran Lorenzo Trejo (33-29-1, 20 KOs).
Escalante used his speed and quickness while throwing punches off peculiar angles before the violent knockout happened. It was a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head that sent the Mexican down for the count.
“I wanted to come out tonight and put on a great show for my fans,” said Escalante. “All the hard work paid off and I got my opponent out of there in the first round. The knockout was set up with good footwork and it felt great. I want to thank my team for getting me ready for this fight. I couldn’t do it without them.”
On the undercard, welterweight Jonathan Chicas (13-1, 6 KOs) stopped Rogelio Castaneda (26-20-3, 8 KOs) in the fourth round of a scheduled six, while middleweight Ricardo Pinnel (7-1-1, 5 KOs) defeated Saul Benitez (2-5-1) on points by scores 59-55 and 58-56 twice after six rounds.
Cruiserweight Tony Johnson (7-0, 3 KOs) halted Harry Gopaul (1-6, 1 KO) in the third round, lightweight Jesus Sandoval (3-1-3, 1 KO) knocked out Cesar Valenzuela (4-4-1, 1 KO) in the first, middleweight Darren Mallard (2-0) defeated Mauricio Zavaleta (1-1, 1 KO) by split decision while heavyweight Xavier Vigney (1-0, 1 KO) stopped Andrew Tinae (0-1) in the first round.
