Madrid Wins in Lightweight Fight at Reseda

When Erik Madrid put down Neri Reyes early in the first round of the Reseda Country Club lightweight bout Tuesday night, it looked to be an easy night for the Sylmar fighter.

But 10 rounds later, Madrid, his right hand injured, was still locked in a desperate struggle with Reyes. In the end, Madrid squeaked out a narrow decision, winning on the three judges’ cards, 97-93, 96-93 and 98-94.

For Madrid, the win avenged the only loss of his 14-bout career, a knockout by Reyes (7-5) last March in Las Vegas.

In preliminary fights, junior middleweight Joe Motten of San Diego won a unanimous four-round decision over Roosevelt Jones of Las Vegas in the professional debut of both fighters.

Rocky Cazares (3-0) of San Diego won a technical decision over Greg Ortega (0-4) of Pomona in the second round of a scheduled four-round junior lightweight bout. Roscoe Brown (2-0) of Stockton stopped Jimmy Dickson (2-2) of Las Vegas at 1:33 of the second round of their scheduled five-round lightweight match. Zack Bolden (3-2-1) of Compton knocked out Juan Neri (4-2) of San Diego at 2:33 of the fourth round in their scheduled six-round middleweight bout.