Curiel settled in after a aggressive opening spherical and commenced touchdown the cleaner pictures by the center frames. A proper uppercut late within the fourth spherical shifted momentum, and he continued to search out Panthen with sharper work inside because the combat progressed. Panthen remained recreation and energetic, however Curiel’s accuracy and composure separated him over time.
The clearest second got here late within the ninth spherical, when a proper hand buckled Panthen’s legs and practically put him down. Curiel adopted that with one other robust tenth, opening a lower inside Panthen’s proper eyebrow and shutting the combat in management. Judges scored it 97-93 twice and 98-92.
Within the co-feature, Jorge Chavez earned a unanimous resolution over Manny Flores of their rematch, avenging a draw from final summer season and claiming the vacant California State and WBA Continental USA tremendous bantamweight titles.
Flores began shortly and pressed the motion early, however Chavez steadily took over by standing his floor and touchdown heavier proper arms. A sustained surge within the eighth spherical, highlighted by a flurry of uppercuts, appeared to swing the combat decisively in Chavez’s favour. All three judges scored it for Chavez by margins starting from 96-94 to 98-92.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, Ruslan Abdullaev continued his quick begin as an expert, stopping Eduardo Abreu late within the fifth spherical of their scheduled eight-round tremendous light-weight bout. Abdullaev dropped Abreu with a proper hand within the third and once more with an uppercut within the fifth earlier than the referee waved it off with seconds remaining.
John Ramirez picked up a majority resolution over Bryon Rojas in a ten-round tremendous flyweight contest, whereas Cayden Griffiths remained unbeaten with a six-round resolution in opposition to Lesther Espino. Griffiths scored an early knockdown and pressed all through, however Espino confirmed sturdiness to listen to the ultimate bell.
Middleweight Fabian Guzman closed the evening with a sixth-round stoppage of Jose Gabriel Rodriguez, persevering with his robust run inside the gap.
It was a protracted card with uneven moments, however Curiel’s composed main-event exhibiting gave the evening a transparent centre, and Golden Boy at the least left Palm Desert with a outcome that made sense.
