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TKO For Angel Acosta In Main Event At Fantasy Resort And Casino
Well, that was over quick. Angel Acosta's super flyweight main event bout with Janel Rivera ends after less than 90 seconds.
INDIO, CA — Former World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Angel Acosta stopped fellow Puerto Rican Janel Rivera one minute, 19 seconds into the first round Thursday evening in the scheduled 10-round super flyweight main event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio.
"I'm one of the best, I'm waiting for my opportunity for the next world title," Acosta said after the stoppage by referee Raul Caiz Jr. improved his record to 23-3-1 with 22 knockouts.
The loss was the sixth in a row for Rivera (18-9-3, 11 KOs).
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Rivera weighed in Wednesday at 114 pounds, one pound under the super flyweight limit. The 31-year-old Acosta weighed in at 112.8.
Acosta was fighting for the first time since being stopped in the fourth round by undefeated WBO flyweight champion Junto Nakatani Sept. 10.
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Acosta won the vacant WBO 108-pound title Dec. 2, 2017, by knocking out Juan Alejo Zuniga in the 10th round at Madison Square Garden on the undercard of the Miguel Cotto-Sadam Ali WBO junior middleweight title fight.
Acosta made three successful defenses of the title, all by knockout, then lost the title June 21, 2019, when he was knocked out in the 12th round by Elwin Soto at Fantasy Springs Casino. This was Acosta's fourth bout since losing the title.
The six-bout card also included a six-round unanimous decision by Eric Tudor of Hollywood, Florida over Donte Stubbs of Riverside in a super welterweight fight.
Tudor improved to 3-0 with two knockouts.
Stubbs' record dropped to 6-5, 2 KOs.
