28-year-old "Dinamita" Ramon Cardenas is emerging as one of the premier 122-pounders in the world. The San Antonio native improved his record to 23-1 (12) after scoring his second upset stoppage victory in just five months. The 122-pound Texan stopped surging Mexican prospect Israel Rodriguez Picazo. Unlike Friday night's fight at the Garden between O'Shaquie Foster and Abraham Nova, the Cardenas and Picazo came out like gangbusters. Dinamita pressed forward but also selected beautiful corner shots with the right hand and left hook that continually landed on the button. Cardenas rocked Picazo to the body late in the second, and Picazo began to let off the gas just a little bit. Noticing Picazo didn't like the body shots. The San Antonian, began focusing on the body more and taking more and more steam out of his opponent. Cardenas caught Picazo low halfway through that frame. The fifth round saw some rough play as a low blow put Picazo to the floor, and the Mexican took a prolonged recovery period to gather himself. Just moments later, the two combatants collided heads, and both men got cuts. After the cuts, Picazo came out slinging once again to end the fifth. In the sixth, a massive right-hand scored from Cardenas literally knocked Picazo’s jaw out of whack. Unable to close his jaw following the end of the end, the doctor was called in to examine the damaged jaw, and the response when asked if the fight should be stopped was a resounding, “Oh dear, yes” The fight was immediately stopped, and Cardenas, was awarded the sixth-round TKO.
Ramon Cardenas to Headline February 16th PROBOX TV Card
Ramon Cardenas, of San Antonio, said his second-round KO of Rafael Pedroza in the main event of a Showtime-televised card was a "star-making performance." It certainly did change a lot of things for the 28-year-old. It put the 122-pound division on notice, it moved the Alamo City native's record to 23-1 (12). It put him firmly in the world title picture and made him the leader in the clubhouse to be the next world champion from the 210. That sensational victory also set up his next fight. Cardenas will again hit the road and head to Florida, a state that he has fought in twice before and has gone 2-0 (1),and take on Israel Rodriguez Picazo in the main event of a Friday, February 16th, PROBOV TV card at the Whitesand’s Event Center in Plant City, Florida. Picazo, of Mexico City, Mexico, sports a 30-5 (20) record. Picazo dropped a decision to Mauricio Lara in 2016 and has won 15 fights in a row since his last loss, a 2019 points loss to Eduardo Baez in Mexico. Cardenas is currently ranked #6 by the WBA in the Super Bantamweight division. The Texan says he can still make 118 pounds if a world title shot becomes available at the weight class.