Torres TKOs Rolfe in 1st round
Heavyweight Steven Torres (5-0, 5 KOs), 23, of Reading, Pennsylvania, stopped Justin Rolfe (6-3-1, 4 KOs), 29, of Fairfield, Maine, at 2 minutes, 33 seconds of the first round.
The 6-foot-7, 250-pound Torres, who has sparred with former heavyweight world titlist Deontay Wilder, landed a barrage of punches, including several hard right hands, which forced referee Robert Hoyle to stepped in an stop the fight.
The 5-10, 257¾-pound Rolfe went at Torres in the opening moments and landed a couple of right hands of his own, but Torres quickly took over.
Valenzuela stops Strayhorn in slugfest
Lightweight prospect Jose Valenzuela (9-0, 5 KOs), 22, a Seattle-based Mexico native and stablemate of former two-time super middleweight titlist David Benavides, battered Donte Strayhorn (12-4, 4 KOs), 30, of Cincinnati, in an action-packed fourth-round knockout victory.
Valenzuela attacked immediately and when he landed a hard left hook, Strayhorn, who took the fight on five days’ notice, touched his glove to the canvas for a knockdown in the opening 30 seconds of the fight. Valenzuela worked him over for most for most of the round and gave him a bloody nose, although Strayhorn got in a few hard shots.
Strayhorn showed heart and gave an admirable effort but he could not keep pace with Valenzuela, who laid a beating on him round after round until referee Raul Caiz Jr. stepped in and stopped the fight at 1 minute, 29 seconds of the fourth round.
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