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Mexico’s young general hopes to make it 20 for 20 in his toughest test to date. David “El General” Cuellar (19-0, 12 KOs) will make the first defense of his WBC Youth Silver 115-pound title in a 10-round main event against former world champion Moises Fuentes this Saturday, Oct. 16 at Oasis Arena in Cancun, Mexico.

Cuellar-Fuentes headlines a bill streaming live and exclusively in the United States on ESPN+ starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Cuellar turned pro as a 16-year-old in July 2017 and soon established himself as one of Mexico’s top prospects. He has won four straight bouts by knockout, most recently stopping the previously unbeaten Karim Arce in the ninth round of an action thriller. Fuentes (25-6-1, 14 KOs) is coming off a three-year layoff, but he has extensive experience against the world’s elite. He was the WBO 105-pound champion from 2011-2013, notched a fifth-round knockout over Puerto Rican legend Ivan Calderon, and won an interim world title at 108 pounds. In his last fight, he was stopped in five rounds by pound-for-pound legend Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez.

In other streaming action on ESPN+:

Junior featherweight prospect Cristopher “Pollo” Lopez (13-0-1, 10 KOs) looks to extend his winning streak to eight against knockout artist Franklin Manzanilla (20-6, 19 KOs) in a 10-rounder. Manzanilla challenged Rey Vargas for a world title in 2019 and has won two straight fights by knockout.

In a four-round junior lightweight bout, Mexico City’s Alberto Mora will make his professional debut against Nestor Mejia (0-0-1).

Welterweight contender Taras Shelestyuk (18-0, 10 KOs), who captured a bronze medal for Ukraine at the 2012 London Olympics, will fight Venezuelan veteran Ernesto Espana (31-2-1, 26 KOs) in a 10-rounder. Shelestyuk has not fought since January 2020, when he outpointed Luis Alberto Veron over 10 rounds.

Reigning WBC female light flyweight world champion Yesenia Gomez (18-5-3, 6 KOs) will take on veteran Itzayana Cruz (6-7, 1 KO) in an eight-round non-title fight.

Anyone tuning into this?

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Oct 2021, 16:12 Anyone tuning into this?

crap main event, but I'm watching while I'm doing work. Not paying a ton of attention, though.

Holy crap, this was one of the nastiest KO's of all-time.

Fuentes is having emergency surgery this morning.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 05:41 Fuentes is having emergency surgery this morning.

Not surprised, the way his whole body bounced off the mat and then he didn't move for a long time. I sure hope he's going to be OK, really hate to see that.

571103 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 10:32

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 05:41 Fuentes is having emergency surgery this morning.

Not surprised, the way his whole body bounced off the mat and then he didn't move for a long time. I sure hope he's going to be OK, really hate to see that.

And the last fight he before this was when he was KO’d by Choco

I think this was the third straight fight where he was KO'd, so his corner needed to be watching out for him more.

571103 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 19:41 I think this was the third straight fight where he was KO'd, so his corner needed to be watching out for him more.

Like your posts bruh. You need a screen name though.

I sign into the main site it's mcrow24 but for some reason the forums just show me a number and I can't change it.

571103 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 19:47 I sign into the main site it's mcrow24 but for some reason the forums just show me a number and I can't change it.

Weird. Wonder why that's happening. Did you email John? (he's the BMOC here)

Not yet.

KO HERE:"
https://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/vie ... 8&t=134992

571103 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 19:51Not yet.

Seems to be a forum issue, but I'd def lob him a note. Hard to distinguish the newbies from one another.

TheBeast wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 19:52 KO HERE:"
https://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/vie ... 8&t=134992

Yeah, brutal

Yeah, it looked like he even stopped breathing for a few seconds.

mcrow24 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 20:00 Yeah, it looked like he even stopped breathing for a few seconds.

Hey! Wait a minute...your name is showing..

John hooked me up.

mcrow24 wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 20:06 John hooked me up.

Fuentes needs to be barred from fighting. His chin is absolutely gone.

Mexi-Box wrote: ↑17 Oct 2021, 21:32 Fuentes needs to be barred from fighting. His chin is absolutely gone.

Agreed, I don't think after having this surgery he'll be cleared by anyone to fight again.

i had read that doctors were optimistic and feeling good about his recovery, that doesnt sound as positive

Moises Fuentes underwent emergency surgery to reduce swelling in brain after knockout loss in Mexico, promoter says

Former champion Moises Fuentes underwent emergency surgery Sunday morning to reduce swelling in the brain after a blood clot was discovered, the result of a knockout loss to David Cuellar on Saturday in Cancun, Mexico, promoter Oswaldo Kuchle told ESPN.

The 36-year-old remains in a medically induced coma at Hospital Amerimed in Cancun. His family, who is from Mexico City, travelled to Cancun on Tuesday to be with Fuentes.

"His surgery went well, we believe that we could have more information in a couple of days," Kuchle said. "The next 72 hours is very critical to see how he recuperates from swelling in the brain. Right now he's stable. There's nothing to do but wait and see how he comes out of this."

Fuentes (25-7-1, 14 KOs) was fighting for the first time in over three years; the knockout was his fifth loss in six fights and fourth by KO. His previous defeat came in September 2018 against future Hall of Famer Roman Gonzalez.

The 115-pound fight -- the main event of an ESPN+ show -- ended in Round 6 after Cuellar (20-0, 13 KOs) connected with a brutal two-punch combination that rendered Fuentes unconscious. He was immediately placed on a stretcher and transported to the hospital. The fight was one-sided until the finish with Cuellar punishing Fuentes throughout.

Fuentes won a 105-pound title in 2011 and successfully defended it twice, most notably with a fifth-round stoppage of longtime champion Ivan Calderon. Besides the defeat to "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Fuentes has also been knocked out by Donnie Nietes, Kosei Tanaka and Daigo Higa; all won world titles.

The traumatic brain injury is the latest in a long string of such in-ring incidents in boxing. In July 2019, Maxim Dadashev died following a TKO loss to Subriel Matias.

In October of that year, Patrick Day succumbed to injuries suffered in a KO loss to Patrick Day. Adonis Stevenson, a former light heavyweight champion, suffered a TBI in a 2018 KO defeat to Oleksandr Gvozdyk; after a lengthy hospital stay, he recovered and is speaking and walking.