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Despite Grand Prairie’s favorite son, Vergil Ortiz having to pull out of Saturday’s main event after being diagnosed with Rhabdomyolysis, a rare condition in which muscle cells break down and release a substance into the blood that can lead to kidney failure. North Texas was still well represented on Golden Boy’s card in California. Highly touted 154-pound prospect Alex Rincon moved his record to 10-0 (7). The hard-hitting 26-year old from Carrollton looked sharp as always in taking apart Luis Sanchez of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Rincon, A southpaw, worked behind a quick and laser-sharp right jab in the first round and landed his first shots of consequence with about 30 ticks left in the opening stanza. a left hand upstairs caught the attention of Sanchez he followed that up with a thudding body shot that backed Sanchez up. Things got better from there for the north Texan. Rincon scored with an absolutely picture-perfect left hand, that dropped his opponent just over a minute into the second stanza. Sanchez courageously made it to his feet but his legs were very unstable. Rincon, like a dog on fear, attacked. Scoring with another massive left hand that put the Puerto Rican back on the canvas for a second time. This time his legs would not cooperate with him. Trying to get back to his feet Sanchez was flailing around the ring unable to make it to his feet, causing the referee to wave off the bout at the 1:44 mark of the second round. It was the first stoppage victory for Rincon since 2019 when he scored a second-round knockout of Joel Guevara on the undercard of Vergil Ortiz vs Antonio Orozco in Grand Prairie. His last two victories came via unanimous decision including his most recent eight-round points victory over the very durable Sanny Duversonne back in August. Alex's big brother, undefeated junior welterweight prospect, George Rincon (11-0), returns to the ring on April 9th on the undercard of Ryan Garcia vs Emmanuel Tagoe at the Alamodome. Which was the site of George's memorable first-round knockout of Diego Vicente Perez back in January of 2020. He will battle with Alejandro Frias who last fought Brock Jarvis on the undercard of Mikey Garcia-Sandor Martin in Fresno California, back in October
Alex Rincon talks about his upcoming fight at Weigh in