Light-weight Alejandro Paulino went again to what had labored for him.
After notching determination wins in back-to-back fights, the unbeaten Paulino stopped Luis Porozo within the opening spherical. Their Swerve TV fundamental occasion lasted simply 57 seconds Saturday night time at Foxwoods Resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Moments into the opening spherical, a proper cross dropped Porozo to the canvas. Porozo beat the rely, however was met with a barrage of punches that will ultimately drop him to the canvas. Referee Joey Lupino waved off the competition.
Paulino (18-0, 14 knockouts), a Dominican Republic native now based mostly in New London, Connecticut, got here off a unanimous determination win over Estivan Falcao on March 23. Paulino was dropped early within the combat, however dominated the remainder of the way in which, even scoring a knockdown throughout the last spherical.
After the win over Falcao, Paulino, 26, participated within the Group Fight League this 12 months. He gained all however one in all his 15 one-round fights.
Rolando Estrada, who manages and trains Paulino, has been impressed with the event of Paulino during the last a number of months. He’s assured the younger fighter will proceed to excel and ultimately grow to be a legit contender at 135 kilos.
“Individuals overlook Alejandro started boxing on the age of 18,” Estrada instructed The Ring. “He had a nasty behavior of not retaining his fingers up after he threw punches. He needed to be cautious to not fall in love together with his energy. The work we did within the health club and within the Fight League helped right these errors he was making. What was nice was seeing and combating in opposition to totally different kinds. He additionally has extra confidence in himself and to all the time have that reminder of retaining his fingers up.”
“I feel we’re able to face the highest guys at 135 kilos subsequent 12 months. I don’t learn about a title shot now, however I feel Alejandro shall be prepared for a world title shot on the finish of 2025. He’s constantly within the health club and needs to work to get higher.”
Estrada knowledgeable The Ring that Paulino may return to motion on November 2.
Porozo, who resides in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, falls to 17-11, 9 KOs. In his earlier combat on Might 11, Porozo misplaced to unbeaten prospect Iman Lee by unanimous determination.
The 34-year-old Porozo has misplaced 9 of his final 11 bouts, together with losses to Orlando Gonzalez, Henry Lebron, Raymond Muratalla, and Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington, amongst others.
In undercard motion:
Junior light-weight Kevin Walsh of Brockton, Massachusetts improved to 14-0, 7 KOs, stopping Venezuela’s Yeifer Valencia (6-3, 5 KOs) within the opening spherical.
Francis Hogan of Weymouth, Massachusetts additionally scored a primary spherical knockout win over Venezuela’s Heber Rondon (20-7, 13 KOs) of their tremendous middleweihgt bout. Hogan improved to 17-0, 15 KOs.
Paulino, Walsh, and Hogan are all promoted by Jimmy Burchfield.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He could be reached at [email protected]
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