LAKELAND, Fla. — Dominic Valle took the next step in a blossoming career when he outlasted and outclassed veteran Rene Alvarado for an eight-round unanimous decision in their junior lightweight matchup Friday at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida.
Valle, a 25-year-old local attraction from Lutz, Florida, is on the verge of taking his talents to a wider audience after emptying out his bag against his most experienced and (easily most rugged) opponent yet in Alvarado. A 36-year-old from Managua, Nicaragua, Alvarado entered with 52 career fights, including starts when he went the distance with Lamont Roach Jnr, William Zepeda and Yuriorkis Gamboa and once earned a decision over Jayson Velez.
Valle, 12-0 (7 KOs), began by working his jab in the early rounds, and although he was pulled into some exchanges with Alvarado, he used his feet, head movement and quick hands to win nearly all of them…