Former WBA 140-lb champion Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz (27-3-1, 18 KOs) seemed like his outdated self, defeating the powerful Angel Fierro (23-3-2, 18 KOs) by a aggressive 10-round unanimous determination on Saturday evening on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
Fierro confirmed a superb chin in the present day as a result of he was tagged loads on this struggle, however he took the very best that Cruz might dish out. He simply saved strolling ahead, trying to land again along with his personal.
Cruz, 26, pressed all the struggle, touchdown laborious photographs to the top and physique of Fierro. The rounds had a back-and-forth circulation to them, with each fighters loading up on energy photographs and having little drawback touchdown. Cruz’s capability to take punishment hasn’t modified since his struggle towards Gervonta Davis in 2021.
The scores
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Pitbull was coming off a 12 spherical break up determination loss to Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela on August third final yr in Los Angeles. He selected to not attempt to avenge that loss by opting to refuse the rematch, which didn’t play nicely with the followers
This win retains Pitbull as one of many viable opponents for fighters like Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia to face in 2026. Each of them are busy on Turki Al-Sheikh’s playing cards in 2025, however they may look in Cruz’s course subsequent yr.
