Isley was the busier, more effective fighter again during the fourth round. A right-left combination by Isley landed with approximately 45 seconds on the clock in the fifth round. With just under 1:20 to go in the fifth round, Esteves warned Isley for a low blow. Isley drilled Cruz-Cubano with a left uppercut that connected with just over 30 seconds on the clock in that final round. Referee Benjy Esteves deducted a point from Isley for another low blow with just under 1:40 remaining in the sixth round. Cruz-Cubano, an awkward southpaw from Jacksonville, Florida, dropped to 6-3 (2 KOs). The 23-year-old Isley, of Alexandria, Virginia, improved to 4-0 and went the distance for a second time.

Olympian hammered the courageous Cruz-Cubano with various head and body shots on his way to winning unanimous decision by scores of 59-53, 59-54 and 59-54. The junior middleweight prospect basically beat up Harry Keenan Cruz-Cubano for six rounds and remained undefeated. In the bout before Rosario’s victory, Jahi Tucker showed Akeem Black that his power is different than anything Black had experienced in any of his first 10 professional fights. An aggressive Rosario bombarded Butler with power shots for the remainder of the first round, but he couldn’t finish him off. Rosario rocked Butler with two right hands just after the halfway point of the first round. Bulter landed several hard shots of his own toward the end of the second round, when Rosario didn’t protect himself well. The third, fourth and fifth rounds were competitive, despite that Rosario overwhelmed Butler with power punches in the opening round and early in the second round.īutler’s trainer nearly stopped their bout early in the second round, but he hesitated and Butler responded by getting back into the fight.

He established distance and landed several straight left hands on Rosario in the sixth round. Rosario’s right hand landed flush with just over 1:10 to go in the sixth round, but Butler was otherwise effective in those final three minutes of the fight.

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