Boxing Results: Fernando Vargas Jr Stops Juan Carlos Cordones in El Paso!

Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, Jr. dropped Juan Carlos Cordones twice in the first round, capturing the WBC FECARBOX Super Welterweight title Friday night at the Southwest University Event Center, El Paso, Texas.

In the Main Event, Super Welter Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, Jr., 15-0 (14), stopped Juan Carlos Cordones, 14-5 (9), at 2:58 of ten rounds for the WBC FECARBOX title .

In the first round, Vargas dropped Cordones with a left to the chin for an 8 count. In the middle of the round, again, Vargas hurt Cordones, his corner threw in the towel, stopping him.
The referee is Robert Mendez

In the Featherweight feature, WBC FECARBOX champion Nathan “El Morenito” Rodriguez, 15-0 (10), #126, of Pico Rivers, CA, stopped southpaw Jose “Tsunami” Saant, 15-5- 1 (5) in the fourth round of the scheduled ten rounds.

In the first round, the short Saant kept the pressure on Rodriguez, who used a counting jab. In the second round, Saant kept backing Rodriguez up against the ropes.

In the third round, Rodriguez finally started throwing punches, backing up Saant at times throughout the round. Between rounds, the fight was stopped due to referee Rocky Burke’s interruption.

Light Abel “El Zorro” Mendoza, 41-0 (30), defeated German “El Panteonero” Ivan Meraz, 65-70-3 (41), in six rounds.

In the third round, Meraz looked awful for someone with a 40-0 record. In the fifth round, Meraz jumped towards Meraz, trying to punch.

In the sixth and final round, Meraz comes out with punches to the back of the head. Meraz jumped and missed with a left hook. Mendoza lands a flurry of punches in the final seconds.

The scores were 60-54 and 59-55 twice. The referee was Rocky Burke.

Super Bantam Santos “Fino” Ortega, 8-0 (3), defeated Roman Garcia, 5-1-1 (3) over 6 exciting rounds.

In the first round, it was all Ortega landing rights to Garcia’s chin and switching back and forth from orthodox to southpaw. In the second round, Garcia landed a cut on his left eyebrow from Ortega’s left.

In the fourth round, Garcia became the aggressor, landing punches with little success.

In the fifth round, Garcia kept the pressure on through Ortega’s jab, forcing him to come back and take his first round. The sixth and final round was a close one, with Garcia coming forward and Ortega fighting hard with the southpaw using his jab.

The score was 59-55 twice and 60-54.

Light Heavy Dominic Matthew Barry, 4-0 (4), stopped Idress “Grump Bear” Wasi, 1-4 (1), at 2:36 of the 4th and final round.
In the second round, Barry injured Wasi’s chin, catching at the last minute.

In the third round, referee Rocky Burke took a point from Wasi for holding it after multiple warnings. Barry hurt Wasi several times with rights to the chin.

In the fourth and final round, Wasi spat for the third time, and referee Burke was stopped.

Super Welter Steph Pypers, 1-0 (1), impressed by stopping Ramon Stewart, 0-1 (0), at 1:11 of the first round of the scheduled four rounds.

In the first round Pypers scored 3 knockdowns with right uppercuts and overhand rights, before referee Robert Mendez ll waved it off.