Former unified world champion Stephen Fulton Jr (22-1, 8 KOs) going toe-to-toe with Carlos Castro (30-3, 14KOs) across 10-rounds of featherweight action, with Fulton edging Castro via split-decision (96-93 Fulton, 95-94 Fulton and 95-94 Castro). In his first fight at featherweight, Philadelphia’s Fulton was able to bounce back from being dropped by a piercing straight…
Carlos Castro (27-0, 11 KOs) turned in the finest performance of his career, stopping former world title challenger Óscar Escandón (26-6, 18 KOs) in the 10th round of their back-and-forth featherweight encounter. “Escandón has been in there with the best. He’s gone a lot of rounds with world champions,†said Castro. “But it was just…
Former two-division world champion Luis “Pantera†Nery dropped Carlos Castro in the first round on his way to a 10-round split decision win in a tactical battle between super bantamweights. The action heated up in the first when southpaw Nery connected with a straight left that deposited Castro on the seat of his trunks. The…