Dominguez–Moralde’s First-Round Finish Becomes a No Contest
Santiago Dominguez and John Vincent Moralde met at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 30, 2025. Dominguez initially received a first-round knockout victory, but Nevada’s revised official results later changed the contest to a no contest.
The original finish comes in the first round
The original stoppage came at 2:52 of the opening round in their scheduled ten-round welterweight bout. Contemporary ringside coverage described a body shot ending Moralde’s night, giving Dominguez what appeared to be a successful return after his previous defeat to Alexis Rocha.
The amended Nevada Athletic Commission report preserves that initial result and adds the subsequent change. Its notation refers to the commission meeting of August 21, 2025 and records a no contest under NAC 467.579. The result sheet itself does not provide a detailed narrative explanation of the ruling.
The commission’s amended record changes the outcome
The bout appeared on the card headed by Bektemir Melikuziev and Darius Fulghum. Other preliminary results included Grant Flores’s fifth-round stoppage of Brandon Diaz-Campos and Daniel Garcia’s unanimous decision against George Camilo Rodriguez Pardo.
The distinction between the action in the ring and the final administrative record is central to this contest’s history. Dominguez produced the original first-round finish, but the revised commission sheet governs how the result should be listed. Moralde’s record therefore does not carry that night as a continuing official knockout defeat, and Dominguez’s initial victory was removed from the final outcome.
Sources
- boxing.nv.gov: 05 30 25Boxing REDACTED REVISED.pdf
- ringmagazine.com: fulghum melikuziev undercard results eric priest outboxes luis arias edwards among ko winners 1xMCOoroJHrJ5OoDUpX5lX
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Santiago Dominguez, John Vincent Moralde, Boxing
