Tristian Kalkreuth scores vicious KO in heavyweight debut

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Hard-hitting 20-year old sensation "Sweet T" Tristian Kalkreuth bounced back from a shoulder injury. An injured shoulder back in June of 2021 he suffered during his fight with Demetrius Banks, that left his left arm inoperable. The injury caused him to do one of the most courageous things we've ever seen in a boxing ring and fight truly one-armed. He fought through the pain and said "It was painful but I had to show the doctor I could lift it" he ultimately dropped a competitive decision despite fighting with just one arm. He rehabbed the injury and stepped back into the ring and did so as a heavyweight for the first time he also battled the biggest test of his young and promising a career

Santander Silgado of Colombia, Silgado had battled with undefeated prospect Raphael Akpejiori as well as former cruiserweight world champion Krzysztof Glowacki and hard-hitting former cruiserweight world title challenger Dmitry Kudryashov.

"Sweet T" was unimpressed and with a single right hand in the second round sent his much bigger and more experienced opponent to the canvas and kept him there. Making his comeback from a shoulder injury and his heavyweight debut a successful one. The official stoppage came at 46 seconds into the second round. During a relatively quiet first round, Kalkreuth scored with a right hand towards the end of the round that dazed his opponent. The Duncanville native got the timing down and landed it again in the second and this time it ended the fight. Kalkreuth ended the show with his now-famous backflip and moved his record to 9-1 (7)

George Rincon scores lopsided UD moves to 13-0

George Rincon of Carrollton, Texas, picked up where his brother left off just a few weeks ago with yet another dominant performance. Taking a step up in class Rincon and battling rugged veteran Alejandro Frias of Nayarit, Mexico. The older Rincon brother was in control from the very beginning after a dominating first-round Rincon, a southpaw landed a blistering left hand that put Frias on the canvas just before the bell sounded to end the second stanza. Rincon stayed on the aggressive and again hurt his opponent with a double right hook with about 20 seconds remaining in the third. Throughout the middle rounds, the North Texan stayed in control, showing off a picture-perfect straight left and swiftly moving out of range, making Frias miss wildly over and over again. By the mid-rounds, the difference in skill sets became apparent and Frias attempted to change the boxing match into a street fight. Rincon didn't oblige and continued to spray his opponent with laser-like lefts from his southpaw stance. The two got tangled up and it appeared Frias tackled Rincon less than a minute into the round six. A determined Rincon stretched it out, walked off, and continued the one-sided beatdown. Moments later he backed up his opponent with a pair of quick right hooks that sent him into the ropes. After another dominant round by the Carrollton native, Rincon caught a nasty head butt from Frias in round seven that seemed to affect him. However, after being cleared by the doctor and Frias being warned by the referee for the repeated dirty tactics, the bout continued. Rincon put together a sensational round in the eighth. Driving his opponent into the ropes and then unleashed a barrage of power shots while his man was backed against the ropes. After a ninth-round that saw both fighters land heavy artillery and momentarily stunned. Rincon closed out the show like a professional. Fighting through an extremely nasty gash in his forehead that appeared to be bleeding into his eye, Rincon focused through and again hurt his opponent with a sharp left hand. Picking up the hard-earned and clear-cut unanimous decision by scores of 96-91x2 and 98-89. Rincon moves his perfect record to 13-0 (7) it is Rincon's 4 consecutive points victory, his last stoppage came in the Alamodome just over two years ago when he scored a posterizing knockout of Diego Vicente Perez in January of 2021.

Hector Valdez dominates at Alamodome, scores UD victory

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Hector "el Travieso" Valdez, of Dallas, boxed beautifully showing no ring rust in the early going. He worked behind a patient jab to track down his opponent Daniel Moncada of Mexico City, Mexico, who looked to use the entire ring. The Texan stayed composed, cut the ring off on his opponent, and ripped vicious body shots with both hands that began to slow Moncada down. El Travieso stayed committed to the body and by round four the Mexico City native was much more stationary as Valdez continued to rip thudding body shots on his now stationary opponent. Things escalated in the fifth round as Valdez scored with a wide left hook that sent his man stumbling to the canvas, just past the 60-second mark of the round. Moncada valiantly fought back but the writing was on the wall. Valdez had seized complete control of the fight and used the left hook again in the sixth to stagger his overmatched opponent and followed up with a right hand that opened a nasty gash above the eye of his opponent. Valdez, recognizing his opponent was in serious trouble, stalked patiently and scored with a right hand right before the end of the sixth, staggering his opponent once more. The pace slowed a bit in the seventh as Moncada tried to simply stay away from his surging opponent and Valdez was happy to continue the boxing lesson he was administering. The Dallasite picked up the pace again in the final round, to try and seal the deal for all of his Texas-based fans who were vocal for him throughout the fight and less than a minute into the round had him hurt again. This time with the right hand, Moncada continued fighting hard till the end but it was not nearly enough as Valdez cruised to the wide and well-earned points victory by scores of 80-71,79-72, and a much, much too close 78-73. For Valdez, it was his third consecutive decision victory and it ended a nearly 13-month layoff. For Moncada, the one-sided losses ended a streak of two consecutive TKO victories. moving his record to 15-0 (8) It was the first fight in just over a year and Moncada dropped to 15-6-2 (5).