Oscar Duarte knocked out former WBO Latino champ Miguel ‘Explosivo’ Madueno in the seventh round of a real slugfest on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. In the co-feature, super Middleweights Darius ‘DFG’ Fulghum stopped Wilfred Harris, Jr. in four rounds.

Duarte, 29-2-1 (23) stopped Miguel ‘Explosivo’ Madueno, 31-4 (28) at 2:09 of the seventh round of a scheduled 12 rounds.

In the first round, both had their moments. In the second round, the late sub Madueno held his own in a slugfest. In the third round, Duarte landed a close but low punch, which Referee Thomas Taylor called okay. Madueno didn’t fight back enough, moving all over the ring. In the fourth round, Duarte rocked Madueno with a left hook to the chin but let home off the hook.

In the fifth round’s final minute, Duarte opened a cut on Madueno’s left eyebrow, causing a real slugfest. In the sixth round, for a late sub, Madueno held his own, though Durate took another round. In the seventh round, Durate had Madueno out on his feet as Referee Thomas Taylor stepped in, calling a halt.

In the co-feature, Super Middleweight , ranked #5 WBA, Darius ‘DFG’ Fulghum, 14-0 (12) stopped Wilfred Harris, Jr., 22-3-2 (10) at 2:18 of the fourth round of a scheduled 10 rounds.

In the first round, both were not impressive, with too much holding. In the second round, a jab followed by a right on the chin from Fulghum dropped Harris for an 8-count from Referee Ray Corona. In the third round, Fulghum had Harris hurt early, but Harris managed to get through the round. Before the start of the next round, Ref Corona had the ring physician check Harris.

In the fourth round, Fulghum had Harris hurt and not defending himself enough when Ref Corona finally stepped in, calling a halt.

WBC Silver Flyweight champion Ricardo ‘El Nino’ Sandoval, 26-2 (18) defeated NABF Fly champ Saleto ‘Mr. Personal’ Henderson, 10-2 (7) by a 10-round unanimous decision.

In the first round, the shorter Henderson showed quick hands, holding his own against the favored Sandoval. From the second through the sixth round, Sandoval had the edge as the much smaller Henderson was doing much better than expected.

In the seventh round, both had their moments. The crowd is for Sandoval, who has had to work harder than expected against the much more inexperienced Henderson. Sandoval had a small cut on his left eyebrow. In the ninth round, Henderson was still in the fight against all odds. In the tenth and final round, Sandoval won the fight but expected a stoppage, and Henderson hung in there.

The scores were 98-92, 100-90 and 100-90.

Welterweight Ken ‘Bossman’ Sims, Jr., 22-2-1 (8) defeated Kendo ‘Tremendo’ Castaneda, 21-8 (9) by a lopsided 10-round unanimous decision in a fight that appeared quite competitive.

In the second round, both turned southpaw as Sims went to the body, taking another close round. In the fourth round, Sims hurt Castaneda with a right hand to the body. Castaneda ended the round from southpaw landing four unanswered right hooks to the head of Sims.

Both went to the body in the sixth round as Sims continued landing more, but Castaneda never stopped coming forward. In the seventh round, Castaneda hurt Sims with a combination to the chin midway, which was a good round for the fans by both, with Castaneda taking the round.

Castaneda finished strong late in the seventh and eighth rounds, taking his third round in a row. The tenth and final round was the best round of the fight, with both letting it all hang out. Castaneda landed six left hooks in the final seconds on Sim’s head.

The referee was Ray Corona. The scores 98-92, 99-91, and 99-91 seemed too much for Sims, Jr.

Welterweight Joel Iriarte, 6-0 (6) stopped Daniel Harris, 19-24-2 (14) at 1:21 of the second round of a scheduled six rounds.

In the first round, Iriarte landed a 3-punch combination with final chopping right on the head of Harris, dropping him for an 8-count from Referee Ray Armendariz just prior to bell against the late sub in Harris. In the second round, at the midway point, Iriarte landed a short left uppercut on the chin, knocking Harris into the ropes and dropping Harris in the corner as Referee Armendariz waved off the mismatch.

Cruiserweight Yair Gallardo, 8-0 (7), knocked out Carlos ‘Pupita’ Miranda, 7-2 (3), at 1:41 of the first round of a scheduled eight rounds.

In the first round, Gallardo landed an uppercut right to the chin, followed by several more punches to the body, dropping Miranda as Referee Thomas Taylor counted him out.

Lightweight Daniel ‘Junebug’ Garcia, 11-0 (9) knocked out Francisco Pacheco, 7-4-2) at 2:40 of the third round of a scheduled six rounds.

In the first round, a clash of heads caused a cut on the top of Pacheco’s head. In the second round, Garcia drew blood from the nose of Pacheco with a right hand. In the third round, the bleeding from the nose continued as Garcia out-landed Pacheco, dropping him with a left to the body as referee Ray Corona counted him out on a knee.

Super Bantamweight southpaw Gael ‘El Terrorista’ Cabrera, 7-0 (4) defeated Roberto ‘Escorpion’ Pucheta, 14-26-3 (8) by a six round decision.

In the first four rounds, Cabrera outlanded Pucheta, who was the aggressor. In the sixth and final round, the 20-year-old remained unbeaten, taking all six rounds.

The scores were 60-54, 60-54 and 60-54.

Middleweight Fabian Guzman, 6-0 (6) defeated  Daniel Lim, 11-3 (3) by a six round decision.

Super Lightweight Javier Meza (2-0, 2 KO) knocked out Lyle McFarlane (3-7, 1 KO) at 2:15 of the second round of a scheduled four rounds.

Meza had McFarlane out on his feet in the second round, causing referee Raymond Armendariz to call a halt.

Bantamweight Kevin Gudino (2-0 (2) stopped Kenario Davidson (1-2) at 0:35 of the third round of a scheduled four round bout.

In the third round, a combination from Gudino dropped Davidson, forcing referee Chris Leben to wave it off.

The Ring Announcer was Mark Fratto.