By Peter Lim

Flyweight Samuel Gutierrez (11-12-4, 3 KOs) ventured to Houston from Monterrey, Mexico, and upset hometown favorite Juan Leija (11-2-1, 3 KOs) at the Bayou City Events Center via eight-round majority decision. Leija won the early rounds but Gutierrez took over as Leija seemed to fade down the stretch. The scores were 77-75, 78-74 and 5 76-76.

What looked at first glance to be a size mismatch turned into be a spirited slugfest as Celso Pinzon (3-3-1, 3 KOs), an overfed welterweight, came up against Justin Ledet (4-0, 2 KOs), a natural heavyweight. At 6-foot-three, Ledet towered over Pinzon who stood 5-foot-8 at the most. It resembles a pig fighting a horse, with the porky animal surprisingly holding his own against the much larger and muscular beast. Ledet won by scores of 40-36 (twice) and 39-37, which failed to reflect the competitiveness of the rounds.

In yet another size mismatch, middleweight Radmir Akhmediyev (5-0, 5 KOs) dropped blown-up featherweight Aaron Anderson (3-37, 1 KO) in the first round and stopped hm in the third.

Junior welterweight Angel Huerta (3-0-1) dropped Raymond Johnson (0-2) with a straight right for a third-round TKO.

Welterweight Craig Callaghan (8-1, 4 KOs) won a four-round shutout over Anthony Hill (1-8).

Polish heavyweight Krystian Dzienski (1-0) made a successful pro debut with a four-round split decision win over Jerome Aiken (0-2).

And cruiserweight Craig Hernandez (1-0) also successfully debuted with a unanimous four-round decision over Jamal Seraile (0-1).

The card was staged by Savarese Boxing Promotions.