Elijah Garcia secured a dominant win against Jose Armando Resendiz in a blockbuster clash on Saturday, September 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pair squared off in the Showtime PPV opener, leading to Canelo Alvarez’s undisputed 168-pound title defense against Jermell Charlo.
The scheduled for 10 rounds middleweight bout didn’t go the full distance. Garcia dropped Resendiz to the canvas with a big right hook that followed a pair of body shots. The latter managed to get back on his feet and beat the eight count, to only once again be dominated by a series of heavy shots.
Referee Tony Weeks stepped in and waved the fight to save Resendiz from further punishment. Garcias, as a result, was awarded the win by TKO. The official time of stoppage was 1 minute and 23 seconds into the eighth round.
With the victory, Phoenix-based Elijah Garcia remained undefeated. The 20-year-old native of Glendale, Arizona improved to 16-0, 13 KOs.
“It was a really hard fight,” said Garcia. “Resendiz is good people. He was really tough. I wish him the best. This was 100 percent my toughest fight so far. I left everything I could in the ring.”
“I countered to the body and came up to the head. I hadn’t doubled up on my hook. I saw that he was hurt. I do what I do. I finished. I knew he was hurt on the ropes. I was hitting him with some really hard punches. He was really tough, but I finished him off.”
“I want to be a mandatory for a title pretty soon. I’ll be 21 in April and I’m gonna keep taking it one step at a time. I learned a lot in this fight. I still let him control the fight too much.”
Mexico’s 24-year-old Jose Armando Resendiz of Compostela, Nayarit dropped to 14-2, 10 KOs. The defeat snapped his two-win streak.
“I should have listened to my corner a lot more,” said Resendiz. “Maybe I got too distracted, but Elijah was the better fighter and I have to accept that.”
“Besides listening more to my corner, I would like to redeem myself and give it my all once again soon. I would like to apologize to my fans, but I promise I’ll come back stronger.”
In Australia, the event aired on Sunday, October 1 live on Kayo.
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