Ricardo Espinoza was riding a 12-fight win streak and a nine-fight stoppage streak going into his fight against Panamanian veteran Ricardo Nunez. Friday night on Telemundo, Espinoza moved those streaks to 13 and 10.
Espinoza stopped Nunez in the 10th round of the fight, marking his third knockout on Telemundo since July. Going into the fight, Espinoza’s record was suspect, having been heavily padded with fights against sub-500 fighters in Mexico. But it was clear over the course of the fight that the man from Tijuana was too good for Nunez, despite tiring as the fight went on.