In the first round, Pero went to the body of Miller. In the final minute, a left hand from Pero on the chin rocked Miller. In the second round, Pero controlled the action, with both landing punches at the bell. In the third round, Miller came back well and had Pero against the ropes for much of the round.
In the fourth round, after thirty seconds, Miller landed a low blow and was warned by referee Thomas Taylor. Miller had a good round the rest of the way. In the fifth round, Miller had Pero against the ropes for most of the round until Pero landed a low blow in the closing seconds and was warned by Taylor.
In the sixth and seventh rounds, Miller continued controlling the fight. In the eighth round, Pero fought his way off the ropes, but Miller again won the round. In the ninth round, both traded heavy punches, with Miller having Pero wobbling back to his corner at the bell. In the tenth round, Miller continued getting the better of the exchanges, while Pero had only brief moments.
In the eleventh round, Pero had his best round since the second and held a slight edge. In the twelfth and final round, both were exhausted but continued throwing punches, with Miller finishing stronger. Miller had top trainer-teacher ‘Bozy’ Ennis in his corner for the first time, and it appeared to help. Miller reportedly threw more than 1,000 punches.
Scores were 117-111 twice and 115-113.
Super welterweight southpaw Freudis ‘One Way’ Rojas, 15-1 (11), of Las Vegas, Nevada, lost for the first time by decision to Damian ‘Samurai’ Sosa, 27-3 (13), of Tijuana, Mexico, who controlled much of the 10-round fight.
In the first round, Rojas controlled most of the action against the aggressive Sosa. Halfway through the round, a jab from Rojas knocked Sosa back a few steps. In the second round, Sosa came back well and edged a close round. He landed a right hand on the chin in the final minute that got Rojas’ attention.
In the third round, Rojas landed a left to the body that hurt Sosa early. In the fourth round, the action went back and forth. In the fifth round, Sosa controlled most of the round, pinning Rojas on the ropes and drawing blood from his nose. In the sixth round, Sosa landed a body shot that sent Rojas forward to the canvas, ruled a knockdown by referee Robert Hoyle.
From the seventh through ninth rounds, Rojas, bloodied and under pressure, could not stop Sosa’s attack. In the tenth and final round, Rojas had swelling around both eyes while trying to fight off Sosa’s late push. Scores were 96-93 on all three cards.
In the chief support, WBO Latino lightweight champion southpaw Alan ‘Veneno’ Chaves, 22-0 (19), of San Miguel, Buenos Aires, Argentina, knocked out Miguel ‘Explosivo’ Madueno, 31-5 (28), of Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, at 1:20 of the third round of a scheduled 10-rounder.
In the first two rounds, the unbeaten Chaves, making his U.S. debut, controlled the fight throughout. A minute into the third round, a vicious lead left hook from Chaves on the chin knocked out Madueno. Referee Harvey Dock counted him out. It took some time for Madueno to recover and return to his stool.
Super welterweight Olympian southpaw Nishant ‘The Devastator’ Dev, 6-0 (4), of Kamal, India, stopped Juan Carlos ‘El Fresaro’ Guerra Jr., 6-3-1 (2), of Chicago, Illinois, at 2:57 of the second round of a scheduled eight-round fight.
In the first round, Guerra came forward constantly. He started southpaw before switching back to orthodox. Dev countered well and stung Guerra several times. In the second round, with a minute remaining, Dev dropped Guerra with a lead left hand on the side of the head. After the count, Dev swarmed him along the ropes until referee Allen Huggins stopped the bout.
Super bantamweight Angel ‘AK-47’ Barrientes, 15-1 (9), of Honolulu, Hawaii, by way of Las Vegas, defeated Luis Espinoza, 10-2 (4), of Phoenix, Arizona, over eight rounds.
Bantamweight southpaw Phillip Vella, 6-0 (2), of Henderson, Nevada, defeated Edwin ‘Puto’ Rodriguez, 12-11-3 (5), of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, over six rounds. Referee Allen Huggins. Ring announcer David Diamante.
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