Ringside by Francisco Salazar and Rocco Morales, photos by ‘Big’ Joe Miranda
Although he starred on the popular boxing series on television, Miguel Espino (20-2, 9 KOs) is quickly living up to being an actual contender in the middleweight division. Espino dropped two-time former world champion Alejandro “Terra” Garcia (26-5-1, 23 KOs) twice before Garcia quit on his stool after the completion of the sixth round at the Playboy Mansion in Bel Air, CA. With a possible title opportunity on the line in the near future, middleweight contender Roman Karmazin (38-3-1, 24 KOs) is not about to let anything get in his way. Not even the explosive hands of Antwun Echols. Karmazin was dropped by the hard-hitting Echols (31-10-4, 27 KOs), but began breaking the veteran down and eventually forced the referee’s stoppage in the seventh round of their scheduled ten round fight. The bout headlined a ten fight “Box Azteca” card, presented Top Rank, Bash Boxing, ESMG, Art of Boxing, Zanfer, Brian Halquist, and Rumbletime Promotions . . . Click here for more
