Dominic Valle was forced to go the distance for the first time and overcome a cut to obtain his latest victory.

The locally based junior lightweight prospect ultimately prevailed over Mexico’s Jose Meza, claiming a six-round decision in their ProBox TV opener Friday evening at Whitesands Event Center in Plant City, Florida. Scores were 59-55, 59-55 and 58-56 in favor of Valle, who’d never previously heard the final bell or fought past the third round.

The action was competitive early, with Meza showing why he’d never been stopped in sixteen pro bouts. Valle found himself in a dogfight through three rounds, while also contending with a cut over his left eye. Valle (5-0, 4KOs)—a 22-year-old from nearby Lutz, Florida—eventually settled down, working the body and making things easier for himself over the second half of the contest.

Ezequiel Borrero outworked Puerto Rico’s Carlos Rosario over six rounds in a battle of unbeaten lightweights. Scores were 59-54, 60-54 and 60-54 in favor of Borrero, a 22-year-old southpaw from Las Vegas who rode a second half surge all the way to the finish line.

Rosario (5-1, 3KOs)—a second-year-pro from Fajardo, Puerto Rico who is trained by legendary former two-division champion Ivan Calderon—boxed well early in the contest but lacked the equalizer to keep Borrero (6-0, 2KOs) at bay. Borrero overwhelmed Rosario, badly rocking the 26-year-old Puerto Rican on several occasions in round five, to the point of earning a 10-8 score on one of the judges’ cards.

Headlining the show, San Antonio’s Kendo Castaneda (19-5, 9KOs) and Mexico City’s Antonio Moran meet in the final round of the ProBox Last Chance Tournament. The winner of the scheduled ten-round junior welterweight contest will receive a $50,000 bonus in addition to moving towards a lucrative, contender-level opportunity in 2023.

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for krikya360.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox