Barrera, Ellis upset Golden Boy prospects on HBO Latino
In a light-heavyweight crossroads fight Sullivan Barrera (18-1, 13 KOs) picked up an empathic seventh round TKO over unbeaten Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (17-1, 14 KOs) on Friday night at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. The bout saw multiple knockdowns including Shabranskyy getting dropped in round one, Barrera on the canvas on round two and Barrera dropped Shabranskyy again in round five and finished him with another knockdown in round seven. The fight was amongst one of the best fights of the year.
Welterweight Rashidi “Speedy” Ellis (17-0, 12 KOs) absolutely destroyed Eddie “E-Boy” Gomez (19-2, 11 KOs) with a first round knockout on Friday night at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Ellis dropped Gomez to the canvas twice with the bout barely going over one minute..
Featherweight Ronny Rios (27-1, 11 KOs) scored a sixth round TKO over Roy Tapia (12-2, 6 KOs). Rios is now poised for a big fight