The Bilbao pavilion of La Casilla, mythical where they exist, has little life left. It has an expiration date, it is very close, and a venue that hosted nights of glory in the sport of the twelve strings will remain silent. This time the evening was very watered down due to the last-minute absence of Kerman Lejarraga, who fell off the bill due to an injury to his right hand. At least, he was supporting the appointment from the stands. The relief in terms of stellar combat took it Andoni Gago (25-5-4, 7KO), faithful to his doctrine of ‘die killing’.
‘El Machito’ from Otxarkoaga raised the temperature of the old venue. Honor is never haggled in his case. The debate came to nothing because the referee stopped the fight due to an intentional blow in the second round by his rival, Antonio Rodríguez., who awarded the victory to the local idol in the third round El Machito already knew what it was like to beat Chiky Rodríguez, with whom he already crossed gloves eight years ago in Benalmádena in a fight that ended with victory for the Biscayan. He is also known as ‘Marble Head’. On that occasion, Andoni won his first Spanish featherweight champion title. One of the first steps towards stardom.
The main thing was to get rid of the thorn of the last fight, which ended in defeat against Englishman James Dickens in Liverpool. The four-time Spanish champion and two-time European featherweight champion came out without haggling courage, for all. He launched into war, enduring several attacks, because the man from Madrid did not wrinkle either, basing his attack on the jab. So the omens were of a long struggle. But in the second round things began to go wrong, since Gago had to undergo surgery due to a cut on his eyebrow. He didn’t have it all with him and he started to protest. he later received an impact on the wound, with an apology included from Chiky. And another blow, to the back of the head. His team requested the assistance of the doctor in the corner and the referee stopped the bout at the second two of the third round. The judges decided that it had been an intentional blow and awarded the victory to the Otxarkoaga boxer.
Argentine Ismael Flores was a wise choice to replace Kerman Lejarraga. El Terrible dazzled La Casilla with very powerful hands that have dynamite and mercilessly impacted the face of the Frenchman Fouad El Massoudi. He scored a TKO in the first round. The evening included other fights such as Ibrahima Diallo’s points victory over David Bency. The Mexican José Ángel Rosales endured the agreed six rounds from the shots of Rikar Urrutia, winner by unanimous decision of the judges after having his opponent against the ropes. Mario Ospina also beat Nicaraguan Moisés Mojica on the cards. Jokin García defeated Nicaraguan Edwin Tercero by technical KO in the third round.