But a victory is a victory and Magdaleno took that away from the evening as his opponent, Yenifel Vicente, was finally disqualified for repeated low blows in the tenth round with roughly ninety seconds remaining by referee Robert Byrd.
It's not like Byrd had a lot of choices after he took away three points from Vicente in the fourth round and yet another point in the tenth round before Byrd decided to give Vicente no more chances on this night in closing the card.
Magdaleno knocked Vicente down in rounds one and five with counter right hands to combine with the three points deducted to have a huge lead on the cards entering the final round, but judging strictly by the rounds, I had Magdaleno winning six of the nine rounds.
Magdaleno is the top contender in the WBC for their champion Gary Russell and is in position in the WBO ratings (4th) for either champion Shakur Stevenson or should Stevenson move to 130 pounds, Magdaleno could be in a spot for a chance at the vacant title.
From what I've seen, Magdaleno would be a sizable underdog against either champion as both just appear to be far too fast for him.
The co-feature was a terrific match as Adam Lopez nosed out Louis Coria via a majority decision.
No knockdowns, but plenty of action as Coria started fast and finished well, but Lopez took the middle rounds of the fight as he battled through both eyes with significant swelling.
Coria never stopped marching towards Lopez, but the slicker boxing skills won out slightly as I agreed with the two judges with Lopez a narrow 96-94 victor.
I certainly wouldn't mind seeing these two face each other in a rematch and I think Lopez against Jessie Magdaleno would be an interesting fight if Magdaleno would be interested.
Ramon Malpica and I each took two points in the boxing challenge, one for each winning fighter and moved the standings to a total of 50-43 in my favor.
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