Javier Fortuna vs. Miguel Zamudio

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Javier Fortuna 127 lbs beat Miguel Zamudio 125 lbs by KO at 1:08 in round 1 of 12


Despite losing his interim title on the scales, Javier Fortuna maintained his unbeaten record in emphatic and somewhat-worrisome fashion by scoring a brutal first-round knockout of Mexican Miguel Zamudio in the main event of a card in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Fortuna came out swinging from the opening bell and floored Zamudio with a left hand for a count of four. Seconds later, Fortuna connected with a massive counter left hand that knocked Zamudio out immediately and sent him crashing to the mat, striking his head hard on the canvas. Without beginning a count, veteran referee Eddie Cotton waved an end to the bout.

Zamudio, who made little, if any, movement in the ring, was administered oxygen and taken by stretcher to the hospital.

Notes

  • Javier Fortuna 21-0 (15 KOs) vs. Miguel Zamudio 25-1-1 (13 KOs)
  • Zamudio entered as a 13-to-1 betting underdog. [1]
  • Fortuna was stripped of his interim WBA World Featherweight Title the day before the bout for failing to make weight. Thus, the interim title was only at stake for Zamudio. The fight was agreed upon to continue with Fortuna giving $1,000 of his purse to Zamudio. [2]
  • Fortuna entered as the #9 featherweight contender in the world according to The Ring Magazine. Zamudio was unranked by the same publication. Fortuna also entered as the WBA #1 featherweight contender, while Zamudio entered as the WBA #15 featherweight contender.
  • Fortuna has a record of 9-0 (4 KOs) in fights outside his native Dominican Republic heading into the fight; 6-0 (4 KOs) in the United States.
  • This was Zamudio's first fight outside his hometown of Sinaloa and his native Mexico.
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