Jaime Garza vs. Carlos Mendoza
Jaime Garza 122 lbs beat Carlos Mendoza 122 lbs by TKO at 1:07 in round 10 of 10
- Date: 1982-02-04
- Location: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Referee: Dick Young
- Judge: Lou Filippo
- Judge: Richard Steele
Jaime Garza of Los Angeles remained unbeaten, knocking out Carlos Mendoza of Mexico City at 1:07 of the tenth round in their scheduled ten-round superbantamweight bout at Olympic Auditorium.
Garza, ranked as the fourth-leading superbantamweight contender by the WBC, raised his record to 34-0 with 32 knockouts. Mendoza, rated as the No. 6 contender by the WBC, fell to 65-11-2.
Mendoza, 31, was ahead on the cards of judges Richard Steele and Lou Filippo and the fighters were even on the card of referee Dick Young entering the tenth round, but Garza, 22, took command early in the tenth round.
Mendoza went down after a combination of punches after about 30 seconds of the final round. He got up, but Young stopped the bout because Garza was battering his opponent and Young felt that Mendoza was unable to defend himself.
Steele and Filippo each had Mendoza four points ahead entering the tenth round. Garza weight 122 1/4 pounds, while Mendoza scaled 123 pounds.
- Source: Unbeaten Garza Defeats Mendoza (1982, Feb. 5) Associated Press [1]