Junior middleweight prospect Mario Ramos battered Mexico’s Jesus Cruz Silva (6-3, 1 KO) before ending matters in the fourth round.
The southpaw Ramos (11-0, 9 KOs), who resides in nearby San Diego, was on the offensive from the opening bell. After the first round, Ramos began landing more-accurate punches and combinations to the head of Cruz, who was game, but was not able to keep the bigger Ramos at bay.
Ramos battered Cruz during the fourth round, pinning him against a corner and ripping vicious combinations to the head and body. Cruz began to bleed profusely from the nose, but kept fighting back. Cruz’s corner threw in the towel, but referee Ray Armendariz never acknowledged the corner, allowing Cruz to take further punishment. After several moments, Armendariz finally stopped the fight at 2:09.
Middleweight Orlando Salgado of Grand Junction, Colorado defeated Squire Redfern of Temecula by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 39-37 for Salgado, who improved to 3-2, 2 KOs. Redfern was making his pro debut.
In the opening bout of the MarvNation Promotions card, heavyweight Mike Diorio of Cortland, New York won his first pro fight, defeating Ian Morgan by unanimous decision. Scores were 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37 for Diorio (1-5-1).
Redfern and Morgan both reside in Temecula and were making their professional debuts.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for BoxingScene since September 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing