Armando Martinez Rabi W10 Willmank Canonico Brito... In undercard action from last weekend's show at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, lightweight Armando Martinez Rabi (17-0, 15 KOs) of Havana saw his nine-fight knockout streak come to an end, as he was forced to settle for a unanimous decision over crafty southpaw Willmank Canonico Brito (13-9-2, 11 KOs), who is originally from Venezuela. Considerably better than his journeyman record, Canonico Brito showed up looking to pull off an upset over Martinez Rabi and was succeded to the extent that he was able to frustrate his Cuban foe and stifle his punching power while frequently landing his own lefts for much of the ten tough-to-score rounds. Although Canonico Brito threw more punches, Martinez Rabi landed the stronger and more meaningful punches throughout the technical duel. After counterpunching for much of the first half of the fight, Martinez Rabi stepped up his attack in the later rounds and finally broke through in round eight, stunning Canonico Brito with a series of strong punches while trapping him in the corner for much of the round. The judges scores scores were 100-90, 98-92 and 99-91.

ADDITIONAL RESULTS

In a heavyweight attraction, Gustavo “The Cuban Assassin” Trujillo (9-0, 8 KOs) picked up a third-round knockout of Juan Camilo Novoa (35-14-1, 32 KOs) of Coral Gables, Florida via Colombia. Bigger and better, the 6’ 4” and 238-pound Cuban teed off to the head and body of Novoa from the opening seconds. Novoa went down from a right uppercut and then again from a two-punch combination. Trujillo finished the job just twenty seconds into round three with a left hook to the liver that crumbled Novoa. Referee Tyrone Parker reached the ten count to end the fight.

In a minor upset, Jardae Anderson (10-1, 8 KOS) of Davenport, Iowa, knocked out formerly undefeated local heavyweight Lorenzo “Giant Killer” Medina (13-1, 11 KOS) in round two. The 20 year-old Medina came out confidently and dropped Anderson with a half hook/half overhand right hand around the glove of Anderson within the first 45 seconds of the fight. Anderson, however,  kept his composure enough to survive the aggressive finishing efforts of the hard-punching Medina. Looking to continue where he left off, the aggressive Medina came out firing early in the second round, only to run into a fight-ending left hook by Anderson, who was fighting with his back against the ropes. Medina went down hard and midway through her count, Referee Alicia Collins waved the fight over at 33 seconds. Anderson was taking a huge leap in competition against Medina, as Anderson's previous opponent was 0-2.