Daniel Rosas vs. Federico Catubay

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Daniel Rosas 113 lbs beat Federico Catubay 114 lbs by TKO at 1:38 in round 6 of 10

  • WBO Youth Super Flyweight Title (1st defense by Rosas)

Notes

  • Daniel Rosas 11-0 (8 KOs) vs. Federico Catubay 26-18-3 (13 KOs)
  • Rosas is coming off an eighth-round technical knockout win of David Gaspar to win the vacant WBO Youth Super Flyweight Title 2 months ago, while Catubay is coming off a twelve-round unanimous decision loss to former world title challenger Angky Angkotta in Indonesia for the interim WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight Title 2 months ago.
  • This would be Rosas' first fight against a Filipino fighter.
  • Catubay is 6-11-1 (3 KOs) when fighting outside his native Philippines, 0-1 when fighting in Mexico, and 0-2 when fighting Mexican fighters coming into the fight.

Bout summary

The fight was evenly fought through the first five rounds, but a right uppercut by Rosas stunned Catubay midway through Round 6. Rosas followed this up with multiple unanswered punches as Catubay went to the ropes, forcing the referee to stop the fight.