Story & Photos By David Finger
El Paso prospect Jorge Tovar, 173, headed north to Mescalero, New Mexico where the young undefeated super middleweight dominated Eric Moon, 175, of Atlanta in front of a twice sold out crowd.
For Tovar, he remained in control over six rounds and easily won every minute of those six rounds against a defensive minded Moon, who seldom engaged with the hard punching prospect. But if Tovar was looking to make a statement against the former prospect in Moon, who came to New Mexico on the heels of a six fight winless streak, he came up a little short against a foe who was determined not to get clipped. Moon was determined to not get hurt, even if it meant not throwing more than a few punches a round. Moon, who had been stopped early by undefeated prospects Ruben Cazales and Vladislav Tuinov in 2024 and 2023 respectively, and who had also been destroyed inside of one round by a then undefeated Edgar Berlanga back in 2020, was never expected to derail Tovar’s ascent into contention. But Tovar undoubtably was looking to add his own highlight reel knockout over Moon on his resume and in that he was left wanting as he was forced to battle a fighter who was 100% in survival mode…