El Paso, TX – Fighting on his 30th birthday, Jhonny Gonzalez round technical knockout of Rogers Mtagwa.
Gonzalez (50-7, 44 KOs) leveled Mtagwa (27-15-2, 19 KOs) with body shots and connected with a couple of rights that landed flush to the face. The champion from Mexico then connected with a right to the head after backing Mtagwa into a corner.
That prompted referee Jose Guadalupe Garcia to waive his hands and halt the bout with 45 seconds left in the round.
It was the second defense of the title for Gonzalez, who beat Tomas Villa on July 9, via fourth-round TKO.
