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Alfredo Angulo (24-5, 20 KOs) stopped overmatched journeyman Hector Munoz (22-16-1, 14 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round super middleweight bout on the undercard of the Leo Santa Cruz-Abner Mares card at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Munoz had a good chin and fighting spirit but little else, as he took a pounding from beginning to end. The resident of Albuquerque was cut and went down under a barrage of punches in the final round, leading to the stoppage.

Angulo won for the second straight time after losing three consecutive fights. Munoz is now 5-15 in his last 20 fights.

Welterweight Jessie Roman won an eight-round unanimous decision over Hector Serrano. With the win, Roman improves to 20-2 (9 knockouts), while Serrano drops to 17-5 (5 KOs).

There were solid exchanges between both fighters throughout the bout, but Roman’s punches were more effective. Roman dropped Serrano with a right cross in the seventh round, but Serrano fought back and was game up until the final bell.

All three judges scored the bout 79-72 in favor of Roman.

– Middleweight Brian Castano (13-0, 9 KOs) won by disqualification in the fourth round when Jonathan Batista (14-7, 7 KOs) landed repeated low blows.

– Middleweight Alan Castano (9-0, 6 KOs) stopped a game Thomas Howard in the fourth round. Castano hurt Howard (8-5, 4 KOs) with a barrage of punches, prompting referee Dr. Lou Moret to stop the bout at 2:11.

– Welterweight Anthony Flores won a hard-fought six-round majority decision over Curtis Morton. One judge scored the bout 57-57, while the other two judges scored the bout 58-56 for Flores.

– Super middleweight Paul Mendez won by technical knockout when Andrik Saralegui did not come out for the third round. Mendez (20-2-2, 10 KOs) dropped Saralegui (19-3, 15 KOs) in the second round.

– Bantamweight Isaiah Najera (1-1) won a four-round majority decision over Antonio Santa Cruz, who was making his pro debut. One judge scored the bout 38-38, while the other two judges scored the bout 39-37 in favor of Najera. Santa Cruz is the younger cousin of Leo Santa Cruz.

– In the opening bout, lightweight Jose Gomez (3-0) won a four-round unanimous decision over Manuel Rubalcava (2-14). All three judges scored the bout 40-36 in favor of Gomez.

Francisco A. Salazar has written for RingTV since October of 2013 and has covered boxing in Southern Califonria and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, Boxingscene.com, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing.