Jordan White stops Eridson Garcia with single left in first round
Jordan White didn’t need much time to make a statement Friday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The rising 130-pound prospect knocked previously unbeaten Eridson Garcia (17-1, 11 KOs) out cold with a single left hook in the opening round in a scheduled 10-round bout in the “ShoBox: The Next Generation” main event.
The two were still in the process of getting warmed up when a counter from White landing squarely on Garcia’s chin, knocking him flat on his back and out. The official time of the stoppage was 1:57 of the first round.
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White said the knockout punch was the second hook he landed.
“The first time I hit him with that shot, I knew I hurt him because he stumbled back and smiled at me,” White said. “And then the second one, I put him to sleep.
“Anybody that gets hit by me will be put to sleep. My dad said I would get him with that hook.”
White (15-1, 10 KOs) has now won 11 consecutive fights since he was outpointed by Adam Lopez in 2017.
He believes his latest victory will lift him into the rankings of at least one of the four major sanctioning bodies.
“I always felt like I was a contender, but I just needed the world to see it,” he said. “I’m ready for anybody that comes my way, whether it’s Chris Colbert or anybody else in the division.”
In the co-feature, junior middleweights Paul Kroll (10-0-2, 6 KOs) and Guido Schramm (16-1-2, 9 KOs) fought to a majority draw in an eight-round bout.
