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Lovato is one happy winner 

Rio Rancho boxer defeats Martinez in DSP main event; Villarruel, Medina, Achesah win easily

Amanda Lovato lands a right hand against Leanna Martinez during their four-round bout, the main event of a pro boxing card on Saturday at the Embassy Suites.
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Amanda Lovato heard the roar of the crowd during the fight. She heard the cheers when her hand was raised in victory. She heard the congratulations of friends and supporters as she left the arena.

All she really needed to hear, she said later in her dressing room, was this: 鈥淢y son (Anthony, age 8) told me he was proud of me.鈥

Earlier, in the ring, Rio Rancho鈥檚 Lovato dropped Leanna Martinez with a left hook in the first minute of the fight and controlled almost the entire four rounds in winning the flyweight main event of a six-bout pro boxing card Saturday night at the Embassy Suites.

Lovato, performing at a level significantly higher than her record suggests, improved that mark to 2-4-1. Martinez, from Cordova in Rio Arriba County, is 5-6 with three knockouts.

The judges scored the bout 40-35, 40-35 and 39-36.

Amanda Lovato celebrates after defeating Leanna Martinez on Saturday at the Embassy Suites.

Martinez, the shorter fighter of the two, was the more aggressive one. That was to her disadvantage.

鈥淪he kept walking into my punches,鈥 Lovato said. 鈥淪o it was like, 鈥業鈥檒l just keep shooting what I鈥檓 shooting.鈥 My corner just said to keep going and putting pressure. 鈥 I felt like me walking and cutting angles solved a lot of her just bulldozing forward.鈥

Joe Blake, who cornered for Lovato with his wife, Amber Brown, said sparring sessions with WIBA and WBA Gold champion Katherine Lindenmuth helped their fighter prepare for Martinez鈥檚 pressure.

鈥淵ou can鈥檛 get much more pressure than what (Lindenmuth) brings,鈥 Blake said.

Lovato is as busy out of the ring as she was in it on Saturday. In addition to being a mom, she鈥檚 a nursing student and a bartender/server.

Training in the gym, whether or not there鈥檚 a fight on the horizon, is simply another thing she does.

鈥淭here鈥檒l always be time for training,鈥 she said. 鈥淭raining is what keeps me sane and keeps me out of trouble.鈥

The undercard

Saturday鈥檚 card was the first promotion under longtime Albuquerque fighter Donald Sanchez鈥檚 DSP banner. What the card lacked in suspense 鈥 three early knockouts, three lopsided decisions 鈥 it made up for with action.

Sanchez had said he planned to showcase the talents of New Mexico鈥檚 young fighters as a promoter. The talents of Jorge Villarruel, Kaleb Medina, Aiseah Achesah and Javier Saenz were well displayed on Saturday, though against less than sterling opposition.

Villarruel (4-0, three KOs), of Allbuquerque, displayed dazzling hand speed in defeating Shaquan Wager (2-12, two KOs) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, by second-round knockout.

Wager, stunned several times in the first round, was dropped by a Villarruel flurry early in the second. Villarruel dropped him again and then a third time with a left hook.

Referee Allen Dominguez called a halt to the slaughter at the 2:16 mark of the second.

Villarruel and Wager each had weighed in on Friday at 123 pounds.

Medina, a southpaw, lives and trains in Albuquerque but hails from Las Vegas, New Mexico. Cheered on by a healthy contingent of his fellow Las Vegans, he showed vastly superior skills in defeating Roswell鈥檚 John 鈥淪miley鈥 Herrera by unanimous decision. All three judges scored it a shutout, 40-36.

Kaleb Medina, right, aims a right hook at John Herrera during their bout on Saturday at the Embassy Suites.

Herrera (5-25-3) has mastered at least one of boxing鈥檚 essentials: protect yourself at all times. With chin tucked, hands up and elbows in, he offered not much of a target. But Medina remained patient and disciplined, finding what was there.

Achesah (4-0, two KOs), a light heavyweight from Santa Fe by way of Chicago, overwhelmed Edoch Adonai (2-20-1) of Lockport, New York, from the opening bell in winning by first-round TKO.

Adonai never went to the canvas but was defenseless when the fight was waved off at 1:50 of the first.

Saenz, of Albuquerque, facing a far more competitive opponent than Villarruel, Medina or Achesah, outboxed Denver鈥檚 Isaac Anaya in a four-round featherweight bout.

Anaya鈥檚 tendency to keep his hands down around his waist worked in Saenz鈥檚 favor throughout the bout. The judges鈥 scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37.

Saturday鈥檚 happiest winner, with the possible exception of Lovato, was Albuquerque southpaw George Roybal. Loser of his first seven pro bouts, Roybal hit the win column in a big way 鈥 knocking out Springer鈥檚 Adian Sanchez with a crashing right hook in the first round.

Making his pro debut against a southpaw, even one with an 0-7 record, proved too tough an assignment for Sanchez. Rendered almost senseless by Roybal鈥檚 blow, he鈥檇 clambered to his feet by the count of eight. But referee Sid Ware judged him not in shape to continue.

Elsewhere 鈥

Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, Albuquerque MMA fighter Ty Miller remained undefeated (8-0) with a victory by third-round TKO over Billy Ray Goff (9-5) on a UFC Fight Night card at Meta Apex.

Friday in El Paso, Las Cruces boxer Ariana Carrasco (2-0) defeated Chanise Jenner (pro debut) by unanimous decision on a Red Owl Promotions card at the El Paso County Coliseum. All three judges scored the four-round bout 40-36.