By Esteban Hoskins
At the McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, Texas, Solo Boxeo Tecate showcased its latest installment which was televised on Telefutura. The main event saw junior welterweight prospect Luis Ramos Jr. (16-0, 8KO) defeat Ghana native Joshua Allotey (18-9, 14KO), by unanimous decision to remain undefeated.
Ramos came out the aggressor in the fight pressuring Allotey and landing a nice stiff jab throughout round one. With two minutes to 
go in the opening round Ramos started opening up with straight lefts and body work then he landed a right uppercut and this would set the tone for the duration of the fight.
Through the mid rounds Ramos was going to Allotey’s body with combinations and uppercuts to both head and torso. Ramos was pressuring and stalking his foe and kept trapping him against the ropes, where Luis would open up using everything in his tool bag from right and left hooks to the head and body, a nice straight left to the head and mid section, and right and left uppercuts to the head and torso, while employing a good jab.
Allotey was being bullied into the ropes and corner by the stronger Ramos and while Allotey was game and swinging back from against the ropes, Ramos was getting much better of the exchanges and punishing Allotey. During the fight Allotey had a few moments landing big right hands to the chin of Ramos allowing us to see what kind of chin he has. The Ghana native was being beat thoroughly but putting up an entertaining fight, staying busy, never conceding.
After the fifth round which saw Allotey have success, though still not winning the round, Ramos started digging into Joshua’s body with bad intention punches. When Allotey would land, Ramos would immediately unleash combos to head and body, erasing memory of Joshua’s success.
Ramos mixed it up well going from head to body, with good defense, keeping his hands up most of the time and moving well. The fight took place in a phone booth with Allotey’s back against the ropes for a good portion of time. Allotey seemed content to stay against ropes and exchange, to his disadvantage.
In the sixth and seventh, Ramos came out stalking and banging, he picked up the pace and tried to get Joshua out of there but to Allotey’s credit he hung in there, while being battered. At the end of the sixth Ramos landed a huge straight left to Allotey’s chin, which seemed to hurt him. Luis attacked, pressing him up against the ropes trying to finish him with a three punch combo of left uppercut- right uppercut- left straight to Joshua’s face but Allotey weathered the storm.
By the end of the sixth, Allotey looked tired and worn down. In the finishing rounds, Allotey was trying to cover up and counter punch, but was being hit by bombs. At the end of the seventh, Allotey gets a little cocky and shakes his right hand as if he were going to use it, but does not, and then receives a right hook from Ramos for his troubles that momentarily staggers him.
In the eighth and final round, Allotey was being shutout and needed a knock out. Ramos not playing safe was the aggressor as he was through out the night, bringing the fight to Allotey in the eighth. In the last ten seconds of the fight, with Allotey against ropes, Ramos threw a ten punch right-left combo all to the head, which about half landed, to end the contest.
Ramos won a unanimous decision in a virtual shutout against Allotey, who was a live competitive opponent. Allotey was definitely throwing punches back and giving a good brawl. Ramos overcame the adversity that Allotey produced by pressure fighting and relentlessness. He bullied Allotey around ring and kept pushing and trapped Joshua against the ropes. The body work seemed to be the key to his dominating performance allowing him to parlay that into good head shots.
Luis Ramos Jr. went in there and systematically broke his opponent down. It was an impressive victory for the junior welterweight prospect in a good main event for Golden Boy Promotions.
The co-main event saw undefeated lightweight Omar Figueroa (10-0, 8KO) versus Julian Rodriguez (18-19-4, 12KO) in what was a foul filled scrap that started out good, only to see it deteriorate. Rodriguez was warned many times for low blows. Figueroa actually scored a knockdown in the second in what was actually a blown call by the referee; it too was a low blow. Rodriguez retaliated with a low blow of his own and hitting on the break, prompting the referee to stop the fight and disqualify Rodriguez, giving Omar Figueroa victory for the 10th time.
To round things off for the televised portion of the event, junior middleweight Jermell Charlo (12-0, 6KO) knocked out Adan Murillo (4-4, 1KO) inside of 30 seconds of the opening bell. A straight left sent Murillo to the canvas and after an eight count, Charlo jumped on Adan with a flurry that sends Murillo to the canvas for a second time prompting referee John Schorle to wave off the bout at 1:03 of round one.