Rayo Valenzuela knocks out Edwin De Los Santos in round two
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Jun 29, 2026, 5:50 AM
Last updated Jun 29, 2026
Rayo Valenzuela scored a second-round knockout against Edwin De Los Santos at Zuffa 08 in Las Vegas on June 29. Valenzuela, seeking revenge for a previous TKO loss in 2022, controlled the match with calculated strikes. He rocked De Los Santos in the first round before landing a decisive right hook in the second that dropped De Los Santos. The referee stopped the bout at 2:05 of round two, as De Los Santos struggled to rise afterwards. Valenzuela indicated plans to target a fight with Shakur Stevenson next.
- •Valenzuela knocked out De Los Santos in round two of Zuffa 08.
- •This match took place nearly four years after their first encounter.
- •Valenzuela controlled the fight and executed a decisive right hook.
- •De Los Santos fell to the canvas and could not recover in time.
- •Post-fight, Valenzuela expressed interest in facing Shakur Stevenson next.
- 5:50 AMYahoo Sports — Rayo Valenzuela avenges 2022 loss with a brutal second-round knockout of De Los Santos
"Jose "Rayo" Valenzuela got his revenge, and he got it in spectacular fashion. It was a definitive answer to the only question that mattered going in. Could Valenzuela do what he could not do back in 2022? Tonight, emphatically, he could.
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