Christian Carto Continues to Roll With Third-Round Stoppage over Jesus Martinez in Philadelphia
Philadelphia (May 15, 2024) -This past Friday night at Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia, popular bantamweight contender Christian Carto won his fifth consecutive bout with a third-round stoppage in their scheduled eight-round main event.
The seven bout card was promoted by King’s Promotions.
Carto of Philadelphia, once again brought a large fan base to cheer him on and they were not disappointed.
Carto registered two knockdowns and the bout was stopped at 1:06.
Carto who is ranked 14th by the WBO improves to 22-1 with 15 knockouts. Martinez of Miami is 35-21-1.
Rising light heavyweight Atif Oberlton remained perfect by stopping Juan Barajas in the opening round of their eight-round bout.
Oberlton dropped Barajas twice before the fight was called off at 2:59.
Oberlton of Philadelphia is now 10-0 with eight knockouts. Barajas of Mexico is 8-2.
Bree Howling kept her undefeated mark intact with an eight-round unanimous decision over former world champion Nancy Franco in a bantamweight contest.
Howling of Calgary, Canada won by shutout scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 7-0. Franco of Guadalajara, Mexico is now 19-20-2.
Stephanie Han remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Michaela Nogue in a junior lightweight contest.
Han of El Paso, Texas won by scores of 60-54 on all scores and is now 8-0. Nogue of Egg Harbor, NJ is 2-5-1.
Muhammad Robinson stopped David Thomas in round five of their six-round welterweight bout.
The time of the stoppage was 40 seconds of round five for the Baltimore native who is now 7-1 with three knockouts. Thomas of Orange, Texas is 6-7-1.
David Whitmire was impressive in stopping Breydon Glaude in 92 seconds of their four-round welterweight fight.
Whitmire, 19 years-old of Washington, DC is now 5-0 with four-knockouts. Glaude is 0-2.
Ibraheim Robinson took a hard-fought six-round unanimous decision of Demarcus Layton in a junior middleweight affair.
Robinson of Baltimore, won by scores of 59-55 and 58-56 twice and is now 7-1-1. Laytom of Little Rock, Arkansas is 9-7-1.
