Kendo "Tremendo" Castanada, 28, from San Antonio, ended his five-fight slide with a vicious one-punch, left hook, knockout just two minutes into the opening round against Sonny Fredrickson of Toledo, Ohio. Castaneda got to work early with an aggressive Fredrickson, who tried to rush the Texan and ate some big shots early. Castenada was able to land power shots at will and appeared comfortable, and in complete control in the opening moments. When Castaneda saw his opening and he did not wait, unleashing a tremendous left hook that dropped Fredrickson like a building imploding on itself, causing referee Michael DeJesus to waive off the bout at the 2:02 mark of round number one. The bout was featured on the launch of the all-new boxing app Pro Box TV and is part of the Last Chance tournament. Which features eight 140-pound contenders. Castaneda captured the WBA/NABA Super lightweight belt back in December of 2018 and ran his record to 17-0 by the end of 2019, when he stopped Stan Martyniouk, in Reno. He had suffered five straight setbacks before the tremendous knockout Friday night in Plant City, Florida, and improved his record to 18-5 (9). The Alamo City native will fight Florida-based Joseph Fernandez in the semi-finals.
In the bout prior "The West Texas Warrior" Michael Dutchover, of Midland, got himself back on track, scoring an impressive points victory over Clarence Booth of Florida. The 24-year-old west Texan out-jabbed and outmaneuvered his opponent. He skillfully out-jabbed the Floridian from long range. When the fight moved into close quarters, Dutchover was able to land with solid left hooks and right hands on the inside. After several fairly close rounds. Dutchover was appearing to break down his opponent, and late in the sixth, the west Texan scored with an overhand right and moments later scored again with a short left hook that buzzed Booth. Sharpshooting in the seventh, Dutchover again stunned his opponent with just about 15 seconds remaining in the round via a right hand. Dutchover seemed confident he was well ahead on the scorecards and appeared to run out the clock in the eighth and final rounds. The judges scored the fight shockingly close. James O'Connor handed in a real head-scratcher of 77-75 in favor of Booth overruled by Joanne Richard scored (78-74) and Tito Wilgo had (77-75) both in favor of Dutchover, who moved his record to 16-2 (10) now advances to the semi-finals to face rugged veteran Antonio Moran. Dutchover lost his previous fight via sixth-round stoppage to Nahir Albright last September.