Ruben Villa scores knockout against Horacio Garcia in comeback fight
On April 16 at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, CA, Thompson Boxing Promotions former featherweight world title challenger, Ruben “Drac” Villa (19-1, 6 KOs), who is co-promoted with Banner Promotions, scored a ninth-round knockout over Horacio Garcia (35-6-1, 25 KOs), of Guadalajara, Mexico. Villa vs. Garcia, a scheduled 10-round main event, headlined Thompson’s “Path To Glory” event, as this was their second consecutive sold out show.
Villa dominated the action from the opening round, using superior footwork to land hard punches off in angles. Garcia had no answer for Villa’s lateral movement from the southpaw stance and was clearly outboxed for the entire fight. After a few rounds, Villa got into a nice rhythm and started to sit on his punches, landing hard shots to the head and body. In the ninth round, after Garcia had taken a lot of punishment, the referee saw enough and stopped the fight at the 1:12 mark. With the win, Villa promises to be back in a world title fight.
“This was one of my best performances against a tough fighter,” said Villa, who last scored a knockout in 2018. “Garcia has never been stopped, so to get the knockout against him, assures me that I’m back stronger then ever. During this long layoff, I never stopped training, now I’m ready to take on all contenders in the featherweight division.”
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