Stephen Fulton W10 Carlos Castro ... Prior to the pay-per-view broadcast in Las Vegas, PBC on Prime Video action was topped by former two-blt 122-pound champion Stephen Fulton Jr (22-1, 8 KOs) going toe-to-toe with Carlos Castro (30-3, 14 KOs) across ten-rounds of featherweight action, with Fulton (pictured) edging Castro via split-decision (96-93 Fulton, 95-94 Fulton and 95-94 Castro). In his first fight at featherweight, Philadelphia’s Fulton was able to bounce back from being dropped by a piercing straight right from Castro in round five.
"My coaches were telling me to keep my left hand up because he was trying to get the right hand in over the top,” said Fulton. “I allowed it to get through and I had to overcome adversity.”
The fight was as close in punch stats as it was on the scorecards, with Castro out landing Fulton 167 to 159, while Fulton held a 35% to 26% edge in connect rate. Fulton was able to win the final two rounds on two of the three judges’ cards to clinch the victory.
"I could have let my hands go a little bit more,” said Fulton. “I didn't want to box too much because I felt so good, but I could have boxed with my legs more. I have to get back in the gym, work on my movement and come back for the world title.”
Rolly Romero W10 Maunel Jaimes... Opening up the pay-per-view show, former WBA junior welterweight champion Rolando “Rolly” Romero (16-2, 13 KOs) earned a unanimous decision over Manuel Jaimes (16-2-1, 11 KOs) in a ten rounder. Romero was victorious by the score of 99-91 according to all three judges. In his first bout since losing his world title to Isaac Cruz in March, Romero showed improved movement and defense in keeping the aggressive Jaimes from putting his offense together effectively. Meanwhile, Romero was able to land sharp power punches on the inside that caught the judges’ attention and helped him secure the win. "I needed a tough ten-round fight against someone hungry and that's what I got tonight,” said Romero. “I was doing a lot of stuff tonight that I should have done in my earlier fights.”
"The judges saw what they saw, I'd have to watch the tape to be able to score it myself,” said Jaimes. “I could have been more active, that would have helped me land more.”
Romero favored the power shots throughout the night, with 81 of his 112 total landed punches being categorized as such. His best rounds came later in the fight as he connected on 19 power punches in round eight and 16 in round nine. "Jaimes was coming forward a lot, but I was controlling the pace,” said Romero. “The fight was going how I wanted it to. In the later rounds I started coming forward more and landing more body shots. Hopefully I'm fighting for a title next. I have my eye on any of the champions."
ADDITIONAL RESULTS
The streaming presentation also saw the Isaac Cruz Sr.-trained Ricardo Salas (20-2-2, 15 KOs) deliver a highlight-reel KO of Roiman Villa (26-3, 24 KOs) 2:06 into the third round of their welterweight clash...
Kicking off the stream was unbeaten super featherweight Geo Lopez (17-0, 12 KOs), who’s trained by the renowned Eddy Reynoso, delivering a dominant unanimous decision over Ricky Medina Jr. (15-3, 8 KOs) by the score of 80-71 according to all three judges.
