Smith Makes It A Early Night For Sanchez!
(Photos by Kent Green/KgHotShots)
On the Kings Promotion card at the Sands Bethlehem Events Center, Bethlehem, PA., Crofton, MD. cruiserweight Luther "Lights Out" Smith defeated Elvin "Koko" Sanchez of Paterson, NJ by knockout at 55 seconds of the second-round. Smith was coming off a four-round split decision loss to Lamont Capers on November 30th in Oxon Hill, MD., while Sanchez got a second-round TKO victory over Khalib Whitmore on August 11th in Philadelphia. 
In tonight's bout both fighters were landing solid punches, but it was Sanchez that made an early statement by landing a left hook to he head of Smith, causing his gloves to touch the canvas for the eight count. Smith bounces back strong early in the second-round by catching Sanchez with a right hook that dropped him to the canvas. Smith kept the pressure up and landed a straight left to the face of Sanchez sending him down again causing the referee to wave the contest off.
Luther Smith is now (10-2, 9 KO's) while Sanchez is (8-4-1, 6 KO's).
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