Boxing results: Eric Priest defeats ‘Herc’ Tyler Howard

Undefeated middleweight Eric Priest gave Tyler ‘Herc’ Howard a boxing lesson in winning all ten rounds for the vacant WBA Continental North American title on Thursday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.

(Credit: Golden Boy / Cris Esqueda)

Priest, 15-0 (8) defeated ‘Herc’ Tyler Howard, 20-3 (11) over 10 rounds. In the first round of four rounds, the Priest of Priests faced off against an up-and-coming Howard. The priest drew blood from Howard’s nose at the last moment of the fourth round.

In the fifth tenth, the priest gave Howard a boxing lesson, using his to perfection as Howard came out ahead but couldn’t get past the priest. The scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 100-90.

The referee was Ray Corona.

Super featherweight southpaw Leonardo ‘Bazooka’ Sanchez, 8-0 (6), impressed, defeating Joseph ‘Jaguar’ Cruz, 10-12 (6) over six rounds.

For the first four rounds, it was all southpaw Sanchez who had Cruz on the defensive with a flurry of jabs. In the fifth round, Sanchez drew blood from Cruz’s nose.

Referee Rudy Baragan. All scores were 60-54.

Super-Welterweight Jordan ‘The Patriot’ Panthen, 11-0 (9) defeated Deaundre ‘Dixianimal’ Pettus, 12-4 (7) over 10 rounds.

In the first round, Panthen, the aggressor, did well but suffered a hairline cut from a clash of heads. In rounds two through six, Pettus made a good comeback, countering Pantheno, but not well enough to win the rounds. Both had their moments in the eighth lap, with Panthen getting the better of the opposing Pettus.

The ninth and tenth rounds went back and forth, and Panthen ended up suffering an abrasion around his left eye.

The referee was Thomas Taylor. He rates 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93.

Super Welter Grant Flores, 8-0 (6), stopped David Lobo Ramirez, 17-4 (12) at 2:59 of the six-round second round.

In the second round, in the final seconds, Flores broke Ramirez’s nose, dropping him for the 8-count, causing referee Ivan Guillermo to wave.

18-year-old Super Light Cayden Griffiths, 3-0 (3), stopped Marc Misiura, 3-7-1 (3) at 1:43 of the second round of the scheduled four rounds.

In the second round, Griffiths landed a vicious left to the body and dropped Misiura, who got up at 9, but referee Rudy Baragan waved him off.

Bantam southpaw Jordan ‘Brazen Bull’ Fuentes, 3-0 (0) defeated Brandon ‘Uriel’ Badillo, 0-3-1 (0) in four rounds.

In the first two rounds, southpaw Fuentes countered an aggressive Badillo. In the third round, D Fuentes dropped Badillo with a right hook to the chin in the last fifteen seconds from referee Ivan Guillermo.

All scores were 40-35, 40-35 and 40-35.

The ring announcer was Joe Martinez