Torres (5-0, 5 KOs), of Reading, Pennsylvania, didn’t drop Rolfe, but the 6-feet-7, 250-pound prospect landed several flush punches before Hoyle halted their fight.
Referee Robert Hoyle stepped between them to stop their fight 2:33 into it, with Rolfe still on his feet. Three hours before Brooks and Rivera fought again Saturday, a huge American heavyweight remained undefeated on the televised portion of the Pacquiao-Ugas undercard.įans hadn’t been admitted into T-Mobile Arena when he fought, but Steven Torres took advantage of his national television exposure by stopping Justin Rolfe in the first round of a scheduled four-rounder FOX aired. Brooks knocked Rivera off balance with a right hand that landed with just under a minute remaining in the fourth round. After a strong showing in the fourth round, Brooks worked well off his jab throughout the fifth round and again out-landed Rivera.īrooks countered the left Rivera landed with a right that backed him up just after the midway mark of the fourth round. Rivera landed several hard right hands during the sixth and final round, which Rivera seemingly won. The sparse crowd witnessed a very competitive rematch between Dallas’ Brooks and Rivera, of Fife, Washington. Fans were allowed to enter T-Mobile Arena just as the Brooks-Rivera rematch began. Their fight followed more than a one-hour break in the Pacquiao-Yordenis Ugas undercard following FOX’s three-fight telecast. Brooks (6-2-1, 5 KOs) lost a second straight fight that night and desperately needed to beat Rivera in their immediate rematch. Rivera (9-6-4, 6 KOs) upset Brooks by unanimous decision April 20 in a six-round light heavyweight fight FS1 televised from Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
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