Jose Armando Santa-Cruz Still Undefeated

Last night fight fans, Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo” boxing series’ main event featured young 140-pound prospect, now contender, Jose Armando Santa-Cruz ( 20-0-0 with 11 KOs) taking on the experienced Ernesto Zavala (20-4-0 with 8 KOs). After a first nondescript round, the action heated up in the second as Santa-Cruz started to find his range and land some power shots effectively from a southpaw stance. This was impressive since Jose Armando is an orthodox fighter. Santa-Cruz looked very comfortable switching and was very effective from both stances. By the fourth round, the cagey Zavala had run out of room as he just could not keep the younger, stronger fighter off him. Ernesto was put down twice in the round, only to be rescued by the referee in the fourth round. Jose Armando captured the NABF lightweight title, and more importantly, he inches closer to a world title shot.