 He then went to South Africa to fight Bashew Sibaca at East London, Eastern Cape, but he would lose that bout by ten-round decision, before returning to the Dominican Republic to fight Sanchez in a rematch, this time being knocked out in three rounds.Hernandez kept fighting, having bouts in Yauco, Puerto Rico and in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Miami, Florida, Reno, Nevada, and Sacramento, California, where he suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of Henry Rodriguez, on December 18, 1985, after which he retired.He never again sought to fight on as a professional boxer, being able to stay in retirement.