World Boxing News made a point of fully introducing boxing fans to the new heavyweight on the block in six-foot nine-inch Antonio Mireles.
The 270-pound juggernaut stopped Dennys Reyes in their four-round heavyweight fight at round two. The bout took place on the Isaac Dogboe undercard.
Heavyweight blows
In round two, Mireles dropped Reyes with a body shot followed by a left to the head. He then finished off the fight by dropping Reyes with a right hand.
The referee stopped the fight at 2:19, but the sound of the punches from a ringside Top Rank camera was excruciating.
Each time they landed on Reyes, they made a torturing sound. Mireles is already talked about as the real deal by promoter Bob Arum.
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Mireles measures up to the heavyweight champ
Des Moines, IA’s fighter, is 4-0 with four knockouts. He out-weighed Reyes by forty pounds [228.6 lbs]. The Finley, MN is now 3-3.
The exact size as Tyson Fury with a sleeker frame, Mireles is tipped to cause devastation on his rise through the ranks.
Can he cut it at the top? – We won’t know that until he reaches the rankings phase of his Arum-predicted title mission.
Mireles was one of five members of the Split-T Management roster who came home with significant victories in as many bouts on Saturday.
At The Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota, four Split-T fighters had their hands raised on an ESPN+ streamed card.
Stablemates
Javier Martinez remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Chino Hill in a middleweight bout,
In round three, Martinez had a scrape around his right eye. Martinez landed 115 of 242 punches. Hill was 70 of 368.
Martinez, 160.8 lbs of Milwaukee, WI, won by scores of 60-54 and 59-55 twice and is now 7-0. Hill, 161 lbs of Davenport, IA, is 7-1-1.
Haven Brady Jr. remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Aaron Echeveste in a featherweight bout.
Brady, 127.8 lbs of Augusta, GA, won by scores of 60-53 and 60-54 twice and is now 7-0. Echeveste, 126.8 lbs of Leon, MEX is 6-8.
Dante Benjamin stopped Corey Thompson in round one of a scheduled four-round light heavyweight bout featuring undefeated fighters.
Benjamin jumped all over Thompson in the opening seconds. He cut him in the forehead and then dropped him with a hard combination.
Benjamin then dropped Thompson with a vicious five-punch combination. He ended the fight by dropping Thompson with a hard right hand at 2:24.
Benjamin, 172.6 lbs of Cleveland, OH, is 3-0 with two knockouts. Thompson, 174.8 lbs of Alexandria, MN, is 4-1.
Top Rank promotes Martinez, Brady, Mireles, and Benjamin.
Adorno
At The Caribe Royale In Orlando, Joseph Adorno took out Roberto Almazan in the second round of their six-round lightweight fight.
Adorno dominated the action and finished off Almazan at 2:59 of the second frame.
Adorno of Allentown, PA, is now 16-1-2 with 14 knockouts. Almazan is 10-18. GH3 Promotions promote Adorno.
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