Pechanga Tribal Nation

Diaz and Bojado continue winning ways

Diaz rallies for win at Pechanga

May 10, 2003
ED WEHDE - Staff Writer - NCTimes.com

PECHANGA INDIAN RESERVATION ---- Fight fans who were willing to set their alarm clocks were well-rewarded for their effort Saturday.

A five-match card at Pechanga Resort & Casino that began at 11 a.m. provided a series of highly entertaining and competitive bouts for the crowd of some 1,300 people.

In the main event, Juan Diaz picked himself off the mat and went on to what seemed to be a close, but unanimous decision over Bakersfield's Eleazar Contreras in a 10-round lightweight bout. With the win, Diaz took Contreras' WBC Continental Americas lightweight title.

Contreras (19-3-2, 8 KOs) landed a solid right midway through the sixth round to send Diaz (21-0, 10 KOs) to the canvas. But the Houston-based Diaz rebounded to dominate the final four rounds and pull the fight out.

Judges Chuck Hassett and Max DeLuca scored the fight 95-94 for Diaz. The third, Gale Van Hoy ---- a native of Texas ---- scored it 97-92 for Diaz, much to the dismay of the crowd, which booed the decision.

"I thought it was close, but I thought I pulled it out in the later rounds," said Diaz, 19. "The kid is from California, so you have to give him credit. The fans are going to be for him."

Contreras said he thought he did enough to win the bout and that he was at a disadvantage because Diaz is represented by Main Events, which promoted the card.

"My game plan worked, but hey, it's Main Events," Contreras said. "What can you do with Main Events? What can I say? It was a close fight, but I think I pulled it out."

The co-featured bout between Francisco "Panchito" Bojado and William Adamyan was no less entertaining. A bloodied Bojado knocked Adamyan out at the end the sixth round.

Just 15 seconds into the first round, an accidental head-butt opened a cut next to Bojado's right eye. The cut bled throughout the fight, soaking both fighters.

Though it looked gruesome, the cut didn't seem to hurt the performance of Bojado (12-1, 11 KOs). He won all five rounds on two of the judges' scorecards and four of the five on the third card, before ending the fight in the sixth.

"I saw a little blurry from my right eye, but nothing was bothering me," Bojado said. "I felt confident during the fight."

Near the end of the sixth round, he caught Adamyan (9-1, 3 KOs) on the ropes, and connected solidly with a straight right hand. Then he unleashed a vicious right upper cut that sent Glendale's Adamyan down as the bell sounded; Adamyan couldn't beat the 10 count.

In preliminary action, Emanuel Lucero (21-0-1) of the Bronx, N.Y., remained undefeated as a professional with a convincing unanimous decision over Marty Robbins (12-15,1 10 KOs) of Crossville, Tenn., in a six-round junior featherweight bout.

Francisco Lorenzo (18-1, 11 KOs) of San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, beat Genaro Trazancos (20-4-1, 11 KOs) of Mexico City in a 10-round lightweight bout. Irvine's Alfonzo Gomez (7-2-1, 2 KOs) dealt Vallejo's Juan Amezcua (9-1, 7 KOs) his first pro defeat with a TKO at 0:15 of the third round of a welterweight bout that was scheduled for six rounds.

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