Alan David “Rey” Picasso exhibited his offensive arsenal, connecting with authority both at long distance, medium and short distance and imposed a rhythm, frequency and volume of punches, to end up overwhelming Kevin Villanueva until knocking him out in the sixth round.
Their fight was the main event of a show presented by Zanfer and Max Boxing in Mérida, broadcast by Azteca 7.
Picasso (24-0-0, 13 KO’s) executed his fight plan based on a powerful jab, which he repeated and, in addition to marking his distance, hurt Villanueva. And once his jab broke his opponent’s guard, Picasso connected up and down, with both hands, continually staggering his opponent.
However, Villanueva (21-4-3, 15 KO’s) was dangerous with his power shots, he went to the front and attacked, he forced the fight from short distance and when he found gaps in the “King’s” guard.
From the third round, Picasso’s dominance became more and more clear, his punch was more and more powerful and frequent, and Villanueva began to lose pace and performance.
After a fifth round in which Picasso repeated the offensive and landed a large number of power shots, Villanueva reached his corner with practically no legs, and in the sixth, the “King” finished the job, when after a combination, Kevin went to the canvas, and as he listened to the count, his corner smartly and correctly threw in the towel.
World ranked Angel “Camaleón” Ayala brought his boxing to the fore, had a great finish and landed the biggest punches in most of the bout to clinch a hotly contested unanimous decision win over the willful and courageous Luis “Gallo Giro” Rodríguez, in an 8-round flyweight fight,
“Camaleón” Ayala (16-0-0, 7 KO’s) had a great start to the fight, connecting with power and frequency, even with a powerful right hand to the head, sending Rodríguez to the canvas in the second round.
“Gallo Giro” Rodríguez (8-3-0, 3 KO’s) went to the front, fought mostly with his southpaw stance but frequently changed his guard and had a very good second half of the fight.
Rodríguez bled from his left eyebrow from the third round, and in the eighth and last round, it was his right eyebrow that bled, but in the fifth round he put the “Camaleón” in serious trouble, and by the seventh round his left eye was practically closed.
The contest had a great closing, with an intense eighth round and exchange of blows, until the final bell surprised them, and the winner was defined on the scorecards, which unanimously favored Ayala with scorecards 78- 73, 77-76 and 76-75.