Rocha earned $300,000 to fight Young

Alexis Rocha. Getty Images
Alexis Rocha. Getty Images

The California Athletic Commission has announced the official fees for Saturday night boxing participants from Golden Boy Promotions in Indio. In the main battle of the evening Alexis Rocha (23-1, 15 KOs) knocked out Anthony Young (24-3, 8 KOs) in the fifth round.

Rocha, 25, earned $300,000 for his performance. It was the second consecutive fight of the evening for the American, who scored an early victory over George Ashe in January.

Young earned $90,000 for the fight. On the same evening, Oscar Collazo (7-0, 5 KOs) defeated Melvin Yerusalem (20-3, 12 KOs) by TKO in the seventh round and won the WBO strawweight belt. Collazo's fee was $38,000, and Jerusalem's was $114,000.