Vicente Escobedo – Rocky Juarez: Fight RESULT

In a crossroads clash between former Olympians, Vicente Escobedo (24-3-1, 14 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Rocky Juarez (28-9-1, 20 KOs) in a 10-round junior lightweight bout on Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. Escobedo scored a knockdown of Juarez with a jab in round three, but Juarez recovered well and staggered Escobedo with a big left hook in the sixth. Escobedo was hurt, but saved by the bell. Both fighters battled hard for the full ten rounds and the bout seemed closer than the scores of 98-91, 97-92, 96-93.

Junior lightweight Adam “El Torito” Carrera (20-4, 8 KOs) outpointed Adolfo “Terror” Landeros (20-22-2, 10 KOs) over six rounds. Carrera dropped Landeros in rounds two and three on the way to a unanimous decision by scores of 58-53, 58-53, 57-54.