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Iron Boy 58

Friday night saw the return of Iron Boy, back to the Phoenix cathedral of Boxing, Celebrity Theater. It was a great homecoming and packed house for Iron Boys 58th boxing presentation. It was a nonstop, knockout good time. Seven action-packed bouts that kept the audience cheering all night long. Here's what we saw:
to start off the night we had Light Heavyweights take the stage as Phoenix favorite, Edwardo Ayala (7-2-1) took on Rafael Garcia (9-3-0) Garcia was not Ayala's original opponent. Mr. Garcia was headlined to take on Farid Ngoga in the main event, but in a very unprofessional fashion, Garcia hit the scales 20 pounds overweight, much to Mr.Ngoga disappointment. In a twist of fate, Ayala's original opponent William Northan was set to rumble in a much anticipated Golden Gloves rematch. Due to unforeseen commission clearance issues, Mr. Northan was unable to participate in this show, but we eagerly look forward to these 2 fan favorites going toe to toe in an upcoming Iron Boy competition. Two minutes and 32 seconds into round one of a scheduled six, Ayala delivered a huge set of punches to his opponent. The exchange started out with a right-hand blow, he then quickly set it up with a left hook, then a right-hand uppercut and went to deliver yet another right in this flurry of action, but missed as Garcia was already going down. Garcia got to his feet in the last seconds but referee David George called a stop to the bout. Declaring Ayala winner by TKO. Us journalists are supposed to be impartial, but I can tell you it was great to see Ayala give Garcia that knock out. When you hit the scale for the main event fight 20 pounds overweight, you deserve an ass-whooping. Lots of excitement for Team Ayala, looking forward to his next contest.

Featherweights Darren Cunningham (14-1-0 ) vs Ernesto Guerrero (33-32-0). Cunningham took a very seasoned opponent and gave him a lesson on how they do it in Vegas. With a dazzling 1- 2 punch in the very 1st round giving Guerrero the big KO.

Next Up, the super lightweights took to the squared circle as Johnathon Cardoso (13-0-0) vs veteran fighter Christian Palma ( 31-11-2). The punches were flying in this matchup, back and forth they went but Palma got caught in the 4th round and refs stopped the contest and declared Cardoso the winner by TKO.

The Hard Knocks team was out in full force to support their fighter Alexis Ortega as he climbed in the ring for his 3rd pro bout. You may remember, Ortega, giving a big ko to his last opponent, November at Iron Boy 57. Ortega was matched up this time with Edgardo Arvizu who was making his Pro Debut, but it's back to the schoolroom for Arvizu as Ortega finished him in quick style in just 2 minutes 1 second into the opening round. Alexis delivered a beautiful punch to the chin of his opponent knocking Arvizu to the canvas, upon finding his feet, Arvizu couldn't shake the cobwebs loose and referee David George called an end to the fight, awarding Ortega with his 3rd knockout.

Super Featherweight Jesus Ibarra took on Ivan Meraz. Fan-favorite Ibarra, a very quiet, kind, and humble young man, was just coming off a big TKO victory against Hector Suarez, here in Phoenix at Footprint center last month. Back under the lights at Celebrity Theater this match-up went the distance, a full 6 rounds of hard-hitting back and forth action. When the dust cleared and the scores tallied Ibarra won by unanimous decision.

On to our lightweight contest, we had Thomas Valdez (20-3-2), cousin to World Champion Oscar Valdez, boxing seems to run in this skilled family's blood. Thomas took on Jesus Perez (13-13-1) in the upset of the evening. Valdez looked good out there against this very tough opponent, delivering some beautiful body shots. By the end of this 6 round contest o, the judges declared Perez the victory in a unanimous decision.

In a super exciting, lightweight, double Pro debut match-up. We had Elias Terraza vs. Jefferey Wells. In this super exciting contest, the two gladiators fought fiercely! Wells was hungry for this fight and gave it his all. 1 minute 9 seconds into the 3rd of 4 rounds, Terraza delivered a big KO to Wells, referee Joey Chavez called a stop to the action after delivering the 10 count to Wells. We look forward to more great boxing action in Terrazas' future.

Well, I saved my fight of the night for last. The co-main event of the evening was hands down the star of the show as Fan favorite, undefeated Trini Ochoa ( 10-0-0) took on seasoned boxing veteran Luis Avila (8-19-3). This fight was intense. This was a 6 round match up in the Welterweight division; Ochoa and Avila went to war. Every round was hard-hitting excitement. Everyone got worried when Avila connected to the left brow of Ochoa opening up a deep, nasty lightning bolt-shaped cut that was bleeding profusely, tensions were high when in the 4th or 5th round the doctor was called to look at the cut. Luckily for Ochoa and his legions of fans, friends and family filling the room, the contest went forward. Ochoa's face was covered in blood, the flow dripping to the ring, but that did not stop Ochoa. Trini fought like a man possessed and kept on Avila, at the end of this 6 round clash of warriors. Ochoa was declared your winner by unanimous decision and remains undefeated.

All in all, it was a spectacular night of Boxing Action in Arizona; as Iron Boy Combat Sports in association with OV Productions came home to Celebrity Theater. We eagerly look forward to the next show!

See you ringside.

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