
In the early hours of 20 July, The Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, USA, staged a card topped by a super‑flyweight (up to 52.2 kg) unification bout between WBC champion Jesse Rodriguez (22‑0, 15 KOs) and WBO title‑holder Phumelela Kafu (11‑1‑3, 8 KOs).
Rodriguez forced a corner stoppage in round 10 — he unleashed a sustained barrage, the referee allowed the action to continue, but Kafu’s corner stepped in. TKO 10.
Undercard results:
– Diego Pacheco (24‑0, 18 KOs) UD 12 Trevor McCumby (28‑2, 21 KOs)
WBC USA & WBO International titles, Super‑Middleweight (up to 76.2 kg)
– Austin Williams (19‑1, 13 KOs) TKO 9 Iván Vázquez (11‑1‑2, 8 KOs)
Middleweight bout (up to 72.6 kg)
– Pablo Valdez (10‑0, 9 KOs) KO 3 Robert Redmond Jr. (8‑3‑2, 6 KOs)
Super‑Welterweight bout (up to 69.9 kg)
– Omari Jones (3‑0, 3 KOs) KO 3 Alfredo Rodolfo Blanco (24‑15, 11 KOs)
Super‑Welterweight bout (up to 69.9 kg)
– Nishant Dev (3‑0, 2 KOs) TKO 6 LaQuan Evans (5‑6, 2 KOs)
Super‑Welterweight bout (up to 69.9 kg)
– Héctor Beltrán (3‑0, 3 KOs) TKO 3 Édgar Gutiérrez (3‑4, 2 KOs)
Super‑Welterweight bout (up to 69.9 kg)
Photo: Matchroom Boxing