 SEVENTHS HEAVENLY FOR 'THE ANIMAL'
Written by: Joel Priest
1/25/2013
Ignacio junior middleweight Elco Garcia improved to 27-8 as a professional, notching his 13th knockout--this time of the TKO sort--at 2:13 of the seventh round in last Saturday night's seventh bout (against Baku, Azerbaijan-born Texan Rahman Yusubov, now 9-10 himself with 7 KO's) at "Rumble In The Rockies" inside Sky Ute Casino Resort Events Center. The fight, originally set for eight rounds, was stopped by referee Stephen Blea after Garcia (red trunks) dropped Yusubov a second time in the stanza.
Additional results from the card were:
Super Middleweights, 6 rds.--Tony Mack (Plano, Tex.; 3-0, 2 KO) TKO-3 [at 0:49] Joseph Hill (Detroit, Mich.; 6-2, 2 KO);
Jr. Welterweights, 6 rds.--Daniel Calzada (Dona Ana, N.M.; 6-6-2, 1 KO) 59-54, 59-54, 58-55 unan. dec. Joel Vargas (Kansas City, Kan.; 4-8-1, 4 KO);
Jr. Bantamweights, 4 rds.--Angelo Leo (Albuquerque, N.M.; 2-0) 40-36, 39-37, 39-37 unan. dec. Julio Gomez (Albuquerque; 1-1);
Jr. Middleweights, 4 rds.--Cory Richards (Dallas, Tex.; 1-0) 40-36 [x3] unan. dec. Steve Victor (Shiprock, N.M.; 1-2-1, 1 KO);
Lightweights, 4 rds.--Hector Sanchez (Albuquerque; 0-0-1) 37-37 [x3] unan. draw Omar Quevedo (Albuquerque; 0-6-1);
Super Middleweights, 4 rds.--Henry Anaya III (Albuquerque; 1-2-1) 38-38, 38-38, 36-39 maj. draw Zamir Young (Cortez, Colo.; 0-2-1).
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