Undefeated Welterweight Ruben Aguilar Stops Luis Lopez in Eight Brutal Rounds in Main Event of ProBoxTV’s ‘The Contender Series’ at University of Texas in Arlington
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(February 27, 2026) – Ruben “El Pollito” Aguilar looked ready for another step up in the 147-lb division while dismantling normally durable road warrior Luis Lopez over eight brutal rounds.
Fighting in the 10-round welterweight main event of ProBoxTV’s latest broadcast from College Park Center at the University of Texas in Arlington, Aguilar (24-0-1, 21 KOs) of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, made it look mostly easy against Lopez (16-3-4, 5 KOs) from Corona, California.
Normally a test for any welterweight, Lopez was simply no match for the freakishly heavy hands of the tall and lanky 25-year-old Aguilar who pounded away with impunity while brushing off Lopez’s often-well-timed return offerings with little effort.
A proven road warrior with an iron chin, Lopez surprisingly went down from a strong Aguilar right hand in round two. Lopez also suffered a serious cut from a clash of heads on his left eye in round four.
After eight punishing rounds, with little to no hope of winning and the damage piling up, Lopez’s corner pulled him from the fight before round nine. The official verdict is a TKO 8 at the 3:00 mark.
In the night’s 10-round co-feature, two-time former world title challenger Edward “Kid” Vazquez (18-3, 5 KOs) of Fort Worth, showed why he’s a problem for any world-class super featherweight with a surgical dismantling of Guarico, Venezuela’s outclassed Grimardi Machuca (17-3, 14 KOs) over five dominant rounds.
After an opening round of study, a pressuring Vazquez started throwing short pinpoint counters between the South American opponent’s gloves that landed cleanly, almost at will. Vazquez hurt Machuca in round two, sending him stumbling with a compact left hook to the temple.
The beating grew more severe in its intensity with each passing round until a battered Machuca wisely elected not to come out for round six.
Fighting in front of his hometown fans, Vazquez put in a nearly flawless performance and reasserted himself as a force in the division.
Per Texas commission rules, the official result is a technical knockout at 10 seconds of the sixth round.
Super featherweight Xavier “The X Man” Bocanegra (10-0, 7 KOs) of Donna, Texas, stayed undefeated with a well-fought six-round unanimous decision over a capable Malik Lewis (8-3, 5 KOs) of Miami.
Lewis had a good first round fighting behind a snapping jab. Bocanegra’s more powerful offense found increased success in round two. A closely fought third round was followed by a good action fourth, where both men took turns catching each other with well-placed shots.
Bocanegra’s youth and work rate appeared to be wearing on Lewis in rounds five and six and he was able to pull away in a good duel between skilled pro technicians. The scores were 60-54 x 2 and 59-55 for the 22-year-old Texas prospect Bocanegra.
Eight-time national amateur champion Emilio Garcia (4-0, 4 KOs) of Laredo, Texas, made quick work of local welterweight fighter Ociel Vazquez (2-3, 2 KOs) Dallas, Texas, stopping him at 2:15 of round one.
A left hook to the body and then one to the head dropped Vazquez hard and a quick follow-up prompted the Vazquez corner to throw in the towel before their man could get seriously hurt.
Promising 21-year-old lightweight prospect Amador Mendez (7-0, 4 KOs) of Austin, Texas, showed his considerable potential while stopping iron-willed but out-gunned opponent Anibal Luna (3-2, 1 KOs) of Montevideo, Uruguay, in five one-sided rounds.
True to form, the fan-friendly Mendez came out sharpshooting and dropped Luna with a perfect right uppercut with a minute left in the opening round. To his credit, the gritty South American Luna rose and made it out of the round.
For his display of toughness, Luna was rewarded with four more rounds of beating. Finally in round five, Mendez stepped it up and got the stoppage from Referee Laurence Cole at 1:11 of round five just as Luna sunk to the canvas for a second time.
In yet another ProBoxTV classic slugfest, Dallas-based super bantamweight Figo “La Maquina” Ramirez (10-0-1, 4 KOs) won an action-packed and razor-thin six-round split decision over Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico’s Alejandro Mejia Martinez (5-3, 1 KO).
After a pair of good rounds for Ramirez to open the bout, the action heated up in round three with both men abandoning technique in favor of taking turns landing heavy shots to each other’s head and body.
Out of nowhere, Martinez hurt Ramirez with a left to the body midway through round four that took his wind and doubled him over. Martinez took full advantage and battered the obviously hurt Ramirez relentlessly for the rest of the round, very nearly pulling off a stoppage victory.
Showing a serious amount of heart, Ramirez mounted a comeback in rounds five and six, landing the sharper punches amidst the now all-out war between the pair. The two sluggers ended the outstanding fight trading power punches, toe-to-toe, in ring center.
A score of 58-56 Martinez was over-ruled by two 58-56 tallies for Alvarez. The Texas crowd deservedly cheered both fighters loudly at the completion of the carnage.
In the televised opener, former amateur star Ranulfo Bocanegra (5-0, 2 KOs) of Donna, Texas, dominated his four-round super featherweight bout against ultra-tough veteran Kevin “El Negro” Nunez (10-14-1, 2 KOs) of Mexico.
The ruthless 20-year-old Bocanegra, who won his last outing with a vicious body-shot stoppage, hurt Nunez with a left to the liver midway through the first and went on to connect with a series of slashing power punches throughout on his iron-chinned foe. The onslaught was nearly non-stop, with Bocanegra landing several lead left hooks that drew “oohs and ahhhs” out of the knowledgeable Texas crowd.
A true journeyman warrior, Nunez hung in tough with his taller and younger opponent and never stopped trying, but by the fourth and final round, his left eye had suffered serious damage along with possible orbital bone and nasal fractures. The unanimous decision for Bocanegra was scored 40-36 by all three judges.
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