Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez & Julio Ceja vs. Hugo Ruiz II RBR

:conf Fixed it.

 

Julio Ceja vs. Hugo Ruiz II, 12 rounds @ super bantamweight

 

Round 1

Jabs exchanged. Ruiz catches a probing jab on the palm of his right hand and turns Ceja while flicking his own. HUGE RIGHT CROSS BY RUIZ! Ceja down. Opening seconds. Ceja is hurt badly. Ruiz is all over him. Massive hooks and looping rights on the jaw by Ruiz. Ceja is helpless on the ropes, shrimping up in a defensive posture, getting bombed. Ref in.

KO1!!

 

Wow. Trilogy?

 

Interesting parallels between these guys. Both have very impressive KO records but are known mostly for having fought on very close terms in narrow losses (SD & MD) to solid but unspectacular titlists in Kameda & McDonnell (the latter going on to have a rivalry of his own with Koki's superior brother Tomoki) and each is now by far the other man's best win, followed by Oscar Blanquet for Ceja and Pingo Miranda for Ruiz. :think

 

That was an even faster and more savage blitz than Jacobs vs. Quillin, IMO.

 

Ceja is being stretchered out. According to Grey, there is buzz in the ring about him twisting his ankle.