San Diego, California – Saturday night at the Pechanga Arena, Isaac “Pitbull”Cruz (29-3-2, 19 KOs) successfully defended his WBC interim super lightweight title against Nestor Bravo (24-2, 17 KOs) in an ugly fight where referee Thomas Taylor had to intervene several times to put Bravo in line to stop him from roughing up Pitbull.
Taylor gave Bravo several warnings along with a point deduction in rounds 2 and 4 to stop him from holding, shoving, and even body-slamming Isaac to the ground. Nestor also landed a few low blows that appeared intentional. He appeared unable to handle Cruz’s pressure, looking overwhelmed and unable to stop the o
