Boxing Challenge

  Showtime controls the boxing weekend with a main event that will fill the vacated title for the WBC at junior lightweight that was left empty when Shakur Stevenson failed to make weight against Robson Conceicao.

Current WBC featherweight champion Rey Vargas will meet O'Shaquie Foster in San Antonio with Vargas making a decision on which title he will retain should he win.

Vargas won the featherweight crown in his last outing with a mild upset of Mark Magsayo via a split decision in San Antonio last July while Foster has tried to stay busy after his best win over Miguel Roman in 2020 with a ninth-round knockout.

I'm not sure how much action this fight might have as neither man is known for punching power and Foster strikes me as a fighter that hung around (Foster has been a pro for eleven years) long enough to finally have a shot at a title but might be a level below championship caliber.

The co-feature is a welterweight pairing between Mario Barrios and Jovanie Santiago with neither being able to afford a defeat.

Barrios has lost his last two fights, losing by KO to Gervonta Davis and a unanimous decision to Keith Thurman last February but Santiago isn't anywhere near the quality of Davis and Thurman so a loss for Barrios would drop him to non-contender status.

Santiago also has lost his two recent fights to a past-his-prime Adrien Broner and by knockout to Gary Antuanne Russell and isn't quite world-class even at his best.

Still. Santiago won the fight vs Broner on my card, so a win here could save his career as more than an opponent.

Vacant WBC Junior Lightweight Title 12 Rds

Rey Vargas vs O'Shaquie Foster

Ramon Malpica and Vince Samano; Foster Unanimous Decision

TRS: Vargas Unanimous Decision

Welterweights 10 Rds

Mario Barrios vs Jovanie Santiago

R.L: Barrios Unanimous Decison

TRS: Barrios KO 8

V.S:  Santiago Unanimous Decision

One Fight Per Division- Part Three

  The final part of the one-fight one-division series concludes with working our way down from the featherweight through the flyweight divisions.

Featherweight

Leigh Wood-Mauricio Lara winner vs Luis Alberto Lopez-Michael Conlan winner.

Since each of these four fighters can make action battles, Wood-Conlan was my fight of the year for 2022, and these two fights are signed to take place, I'll take the winners and match them in an excellent unification matchup with the winner of Wood-Lara owning the WBA title and the Lopez-Conlan victor controlling the IBF version.

Mix and match as you please because no matter the matchup, you'll have an entertaining fight and a two-title champion.

Junior Featherweight

Stephen Fulton vs Naoya Inoue

This fight is reportedly agreed to and give Fulton, the WBC and WBO champion full credit for crossing promotional lines (Fulton fights for PBC and Inoue is associated with Top Rank) and traveling to Japan to face the feared Inoue, who gave up all four of his bantamweight championships to move to the 122-pound division.

The question is when will the continual rise in weight affect the punching power of Inoue and would it happen against Fulton, arguably the best in the division?

It's a great matchup and one that would be even better if the winner signed to face WBA and IBF champion MJ Akhmadaliev, who also could argue that he is the top boxer in the division.

Bantamweight

Nonito Donaire vs Emmanuel Rodriguez

Only the WBC and IBF have announced the fighters that will be involved in their vacancies for the four titles that Naoya Inoue left behind to move to junior featherweight and each of the two has one of the fighters that I'd like to see.

Former multi-division champion Nonito Donaire and former IBF champion Emmanuel Rodriguez have each been knocked out by Inoue yet still are arguably the best fighters remaining in a division cleaned out by the Monster.

Donaire will fight Jason Moloney for the WBC title while Rodriguez will tackle Vincent Astrolabo for the IBF strap and while both of their opponents aren't pushovers, fighting each other would temporarily decide the best in the division.

Junior Bantamweight

Juan Francisco Estrada vs Junto Nakatani

While anyone would be all in on an Estrada-Roman Gonzalez IV, I'm trying to make a fight for the next generation of stars and the fight I would have selected would have been Nakatani, who vacated his WBO flyweight title to move up, against another young star in WBC champion Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez.

However, Rodriguez vacated his title to drop to flyweight, where he has spent most of his career, and fight for the title that Nakatani vacated, stopping a Rodriguez-Nakatani fight for now.

Estrada is unlikely to face a younger star such as Nakatani as Estrada nears the end of his career, and Nakatani is mandated for a WBO shot against his countryman Kazuto Ioka but if the desire was there, both men have connections with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Promotions.

Flyweight

Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez vs Julio Cesar Martinez

This fight seems very likely to be eventually signed with Rodriguez dropping down from 115 pounds, Martinez still holding the WBC title, and both men affiliated with Eddie Hearn, this could be an easy fight to make.

Rodriguez is moving back to his natural weight class after an excellent 2022 that saw him win a title over Carlos Cuadras and defend against former champion Srisiket Sor Rungvisai and Israel Gonzalez.

Martinez has lost a bit of the shine from his star of late with a lopsided loss to Roman Gonzalez, various delays and postponements, a no-contest vs mandatory challenger McWilliams Arroyo, and a dull effort in a majority decision win, that many thought he lost, against late replacement Samuel Carmona.

Martinez could look at a Rodriguez fight as a chance to re-ignite a struggling career, despite still holding a title.

Style-wise, this could be a very strong mesh of styles that could have fight-of-the-year possibilities with Rodriguez seeming to have an edge in class.

One Fight Per Division-Part Two

 Part two of one fight per division moves to the junior middleweight division and finishes at the junior lightweight limit.

Part three will finish with featherweight through flyweight.

Part One may be found here.

Junior Middleweight

Sebastian Fundora vs Charles Conwell.

Fundora is the top contender and should receive a shot against the winner of unified champion Jermell Charlo's defense against Tim Tszyu, which will happen sometime this year.

 Considering that Charlo rarely fights, Fundora should get his try in 2024.

Fundora's late-round KO of Erickson Lubin last year was a contender for fight of the year and Fundora vs Charlo, Tszyu, or a Lubin rematch all would be good choices but I'm giving someone a chance that deserves it and just might upset the apple cart if he is able to get that chance.

Former Olympian Charles Conwell hasn't signed with any of the major promoters and as a result, hasn't moved as quickly up the ratings as his talent indicates.

Conwell is coming up the hard way and while Fundora will be favored, I'm betting that Conwell has a breakout performance on tap and might foil the best-laid plans for Fundora and PBC.

I doubt that fight happens anytime soon as Fundora would be unlikely to face a fighter of Conwell's quality with a title shot around the corner but should Fundora win in his title fight, he will eventually have to face Charles Conwell.

Welterweight

Jaron Ennis vs Vergil Ortiz

Of course, the fight in the division to be made is Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford for all four belts in the division but until that fight can actually be signed, I'm tired of talking about it.

Ennis vs Ortiz pairs arguably the two biggest punchers in the division, Ennis holds a lesser title with the IBF and Ortiz could win a WBA minor title in the spring with a win over the rugged and undefeated Eimantis Stanonis.

Ennis lost a little shine with a dull yet dominant decision win over Karen Chudkhadzhian in his last fight and should Ortiz defeat Stanonis, that win would be the biggest for either fighter in their career.

Should Errol Spence decide to stay at 154, where his scheduled next fight against Keith Thurman will take place, Ennis will be elevated to IBF champion and the winner of Ortiz-Stanonis will be promoted to WBA champion, so there is no reason for this clash to happen this year.

This would be a bigger fight two years from now than it would be today but it could be just as big in 2025 as Spence-Crawford would be today, these two fighters could be that good.

Junior Welterweight

Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall winner vs Regis Prograis

Taylor was the undisputed champion and bully of the division after unifying titles with close and exciting wins over Regis Prograis and Jose Ramirez until February 2022 when Taylor defended his four titles against his WBO mandatory challenger, Jack Catterall.

After twelve rounds that saw Catterall knock down Taylor and most watching thought Catterall deserved the decision, it was Taylor winning a controversial decision that a year later is still disputed.

Taylor was so stung by the criticism that he slowly dropped three of his four titles to fight Catterall again, the rematch has been delayed for various reasons, and is now scheduled for June.

In the meantime, Prograis mowed through the always-tough Jose Zepeda to win the WBC title that Taylor returned and looked so good doing so that many believe that it is Prograis that now is the best fighter at 140 pounds.

Prograis-Taylor would be a rematch of a very good fight with the loser improving since the defeat.

Prograis-Catterall wouldn't be as thrilling but still with high skill and high stakes.

The issue making such a fight is that neither Taylor nor Catterall is allowed into the U.S. due to their promotional connections with Daniel Kinahan, so Prograis would have to again to travel to the U.K, where he lost to Taylor and he may not be willing to do that.

Lightweight

Isaac Cruz vs William Zepeda

The lightweight division is heavy at the top and the top four fighters in the division are scheduled to face each other in the next few months with undisputed champion Devin Haney against Vasyl Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis battling Ryan Garcia as Shakur Stevenson waits in the wings.

Isaac Cruz and William Zepeda (along with Frank Martin) are on the next level of contenders and a Cruz-Zepeda matchup would pair two good punchers that are not shy about throwing plenty of bombs either in a battle of countrymen.

Zepeda is undefeated and won a decision over former junior lightweight champion Joseph Diaz for his best career win while Cruz has crushed his two recent opponents since losing a close decision to Gervonta Davis in the most difficult fight of Davis's career.

I think Cruz hits a little harder and Zepeda is a bit more versatile, so I think Zepeda has the edge if the fight goes the distance.

I doubt that this fight happens anytime soon as Cruz is with PBC and Zepeda works with Golden Boy but it could happen in 2024 if Devin Haney decides to leave the division and with four titles vacant, it's possible that it could happen for a vacant title.

Junior Lightweight

Emmanuel Navarrete vs Oscar Valdez

This fight was scheduled for the vacant WBO title and was canceled when Valdez suffered a back injury in training.

Navarrete won the title by stopping the surprisingly stern Liam Wilson in nine rounds but was knocked down in the fourth and rocked in the sixth, which raises questions about Navarrete's chin against naturally larger boxers.

Valdez was dominated in losing his WBC title to Shakur Stevenson last April and between the back injury and what will be an over-a-year layoff by the time this fight happens, so there are questions to be answered about each combatant.

Both men fight for Top Rank and the fight is planned for later this year.

This series will conclude next time with the featherweight division through the flyweights. 

One Fight Per Division-Part One

 Five fights that I'd like to see is a segment that I've done in the past and I thought this was an excellent time to bring it out of mothballs for this year.

This will be finished in three portions to cover the divisions from heavyweight to flyweight.

These could be world title fights but are also fights that are smaller to be made in the game such as Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk or Errol Spence-Terence Crawford.

Those fights have had plenty of ink on them already, so in no particular order...

Bonus: Alycia Baumgardner-Mikalya Mayer II

I know that I don't often write about the women's side of the sport. I do believe that a few things need to change in order for women's boxing to move closer to equal treatment to male boxing (twelve-round title fights, three-minute rounds, and more knockouts). Still, there may not be a better feud in boxing than Alycia Baumgardner and Mikalya Mayer.

The two met in London last October with sharp words and dislike during the buildup for their 130-pound division that unified three of the four titles and produced an excellent action fight with Baumgardner winning a somewhat controversial split decision that many believed should have been given to Mayer.

I watched this fight live in a hotel room and thought Baumgardner won 96-94 but a month later, I rewatched the bout (without distractions) and gave the nod to Mayer by the same score.

Either way, it was a fight that was exciting and certainly screamed for a rematch but Baumgardner refused to consider one after the fight, although she seems more amenable to it now, and the two continue to jaw at each other with a memorable outside-the-ring confrontation in December at the Estrada-Gonzalez III bout.

It will happen sooner or later but it would be better to have it happen this year.

Heavyweight

Deontay Wilder vs Joe Joyce

Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk for the unified title is the fight everyone wants to see but the fight that I'd really love to see pits Deontay Wilder, the biggest puncher in the division, if not boxing against the relentless aggression and granite-like chin of Joe Joyce.

Can Wilder's early-round assault crack the Juggernaut?

Can Joyce force Wilder to box off his back foot and grind him down as he did Daniel DuBois and Joseph Parker?

Neither of these two would be afraid to trade punches and it could be an all-time classic but it would be a difficult bout to sign with Wilder connected to PBC, Joyce with Frank Warren/Top Rank, and Joyce as the WBO's top contender but it would be a memorable fight if it would happen.

Cruiserweight

Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis II

Briedis, the only fighter to give Oleksandr Usyk a close fight in losing a majority decision in 2018 that I scored a draw, lost his title via upset to Opetaia last July via unanimous decision.

The fight was excellent and Briedis charged down the stretch in the late rounds, breaking Opetaia's jaw in the process.

A rematch would certainly be in order and is the best fight to be made in a weaker division.

Light Heavyweight

Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol

This fight would result in the light heavyweight division being consolidated with Beterbiev's three titles and Bivol's one at stake.

Beterbiev has the perfect record with knockouts in all eighteen of his bouts, while Bivol is undefeated with a boxer-puncher style.

This one seems pretty straightforward, Can Bivol, who was rocked by Joe Smith late in a fight that Bivol dominated, survive twelve rounds of boxing's version of a pressure cooker?

If he does, he likely wins because he'll build a lead on the cards over the first half to two-thirds of the fight.

Can the thirty-eight-year-old Beterbiev break down one of the more talented boxers in the sport?

This one isn't likely, despite both fighters saying they want it -mainly because the purses they will demand aren't likely to be feasible and Bivol has a much larger paycheck waiting for a Canelo Alvarez rematch.

Super Middleweight

David Morrell vs Christian Mbilli

Undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez's biggest fight would be against undefeated David Benavidez, who has signed for a March fight against former IBF champion Caleb Plant.

Should Benavidez win, he's Alvarez's natural opponent but should Plant win, considering his KO loss to Canelo, a potential rematch doesn't excite many fans or think he could reverse the result.

So, I selected this match between undefeated fighters that have yet to be truly tested with PBC's minor beltholder David Morrell against Canada's Christian Mbilli.

Morrell is a talented boxer-puncher against Mbilli, who is a more straight-ahead banger.

Both can punch with Morrell stopping seven of his eight opponents and Mbilli gaining early endings in twenty of his twenty-three fights but Morrell seems more versatile to me and I'd lean his way entering this fight.

This one wouldn't be an easy fight to sign with Morrell with PBC and Mbilli with Canada's Eye of the Tiger, who has a working arrangement with Top Rank and neither would be likely to travel to the other's home base (Morrell Minneapolis, M'billi Montreal) so I don't see this one happening unless the WBA (Morrell's minor title) would mandate a fight between the two.

Middleweight

Janibek Alimkhanuly vs Jaime Munguia

The middleweight division isn't loaded with compelling fights and the few that are handicapped by the reluctance of an aging WBA and IBF champion Gennady Golovkin and a perpetually inactive WBC boss Jermall Charlo to face contenders.

Former WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia has been even more reluctant since moving to middleweight in 2020, fighting squash match after squash match, turning down title opportunities multiple times, and seems uninterested in fighting anyone that could fight back.

WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly had assumed the mantle of the fighter that defines High-Risk Low Reward after mowing down recent opponents but looked very average in his first title defense against Denzel Bentley, so an Alimkhanuly-Munguia fight would not only pair two fighters with plenty to prove, it would also be a fan-friendly fight.

This could be made with Munguia rated highly by the WBO, who tried to mandate this fight in December with Munguia turning it down, and the promoters have worked together before (Alimkhanuly Top Rank and Munguia Golden Boy) but Munguia doesn't seem to be interested, which is too bad as the winner would gain a lot from a victory and perhaps the loser would as well assuming the fight is exciting.

The next segment in the series will cover the junior middleweight division down through the junior lightweight division.

Cleaning out the Inbox: Baseball Passings

    The tributes never stop for notables that have recently passed away...

Goodbye to Nate Colbert at the age of 76.

Colbert was the first star of the expansion San Diego Padres after being selected from the Houston Astros in the 1969 expansion draft.

Colbert would be selected to three All-Star teams with San Diego and hit 163 homers in his six seasons as a Padre, hitting thirty-eight homers in both 1970 and 1972.

On August 1, 1972, Colbert set major league records when he finished with five home runs, thirteen RBI, and twenty-two total bases in a two-game San Diego sweep of a doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves.

Colbert was traded to Detroit in 1975 but a back injury caused him to struggle through two unproductive seasons before forcing his retirement.

Goodbye to Denny Doyle at the age of 78.

A journeyman second baseman for the Phillies and Angels, Doyle was traded to the Red Sox in June 1975 with the Red Sox in the middle of their American League pennant-winning campaign.

Doyle responded with the best season of his career, hitting .310 for Boston, and had the highest hitting streak of the season with twenty-two games in his streak.

Doyle was the only player on either team in the famous 1975 World Series to hit safely in all seven games but is more remembered for being thrown out at the plate with the bases loaded and no out in the bottom of the ninth of game six.

Fred Lynn's shallow fly to George Foster was the first out but with the screaming crowd, third base coach Don Zimmer's cry of "No No No" was heard by Doyle as "Go Go Go" and Foster threw him out easily at home rather than winning the game for Boston.

Had Doyle scored, the game would have ended and there would have never been the famous Carlton Fisk homer in extra innings.

Goodbye to Frank Thomas at the age of 93.

A three-time All-Star, Thomas hit over twenty homers nine times in a sixteen-year career spent with seven teams and was the top hitter for the expansion 1962 Mets when Thomas hit thirty-four homers with ninety-four RBI.

Thomas is also remembered for his fight in 1964 as a member of the pennant-contending Phillies with rookie of the year Richie Allen during batting practice that ended with Thomas hitting Allen with a bat which resulted in injury to Allen and the release of Thomas by Philadelphia in the midst of the 1964 pennant race.

Goodbye to Gary Peters at the age of 85.

Peters, along with Joel Horlen and Tommy John, gave the Chicago White Sox a three-man top-of-the-rotation that ranked among the best in the American League during the mid to late 1960s for a White Sox that often contended on the backs of their pitching staff.

Peters won the 1963 Rookie of the Year award when he finished 19-8 with an American League-leading 2.33 ERA and then led the AL in wins the following season with twenty.

Peters made two All-Star teams (1964, 67) and led the AL in ERA in 1966 with a 1.98 mark.

Peters would finish his career with Boston from 1970-72, winning thirty-three games over the term for the BoSox.

Goodbye to Sal Bando at the age of 78.

Bando was the third baseman and captain for the three-time World Champion Oakland Athletics in 1972-74 and was part of the initial free agent class after the 1976 season that would see almost all the stars of the A's dynasty leave owner Charlie Finley for other franchises, with Bando signing with Milwaukee for final five years of his career.

Bando made the All-Star team in each of the title years (as well as 1969) and his homers with Oakland were the franchise record until broken by Mark McGwire in the 1990s.

Bando's best season was in 1973 when he hit .287 with 29 homers and 98 RBI.

After retirement, Bando was a part of the NBC Game of the Week broadcasting team in 1982 and would be the general manager of the Brewers from 1991 through 1999.

Boxing Challenge: Navarrete survives Wilson

Emmanuel Navarrete won his third world title Saturday in Glendale Arizona when he stopped Liam Wilson in the ninth round to win the vacant WBO junior lightweight title but it didn't come easily and not without some controversy.

The unheralded Wilson appeared to buckle Navarrete in the first round but I wasn't sure if Navarrete was stung or may have just stumbled with Wilson's feet getting caught up with his own.

That was nothing compared to the surprise that awaited when Wilson smacked Navarrete with a left hook that would shortly result in a knockdown in round four.

The heavy favorite had never been on the floor in his career and as he staggered to his feet, he spat out his mouthpiece and gained plenty of recovery time (up to twenty-seven seconds, according to a protest from Wilson's team) to survive the remaining few seconds in the round.

Wilson pressed Navarrete in the fifth but as the round progressed, Navarrete began to clear his head and Wilson's best chance for a huge upset had passed.

Navarrete did get hit again with a strong left hook in the sixth but controlled the seventh and eighth rounds before the final round with Wilson on his feet but badly hurt and with a nose that was streaming blood before the fight was decided.

Navarrete led on all three cards (77-74 x2 and 76-75), while I had Wilson leading 76-75 at the time of the fight's conclusion.

No one had an issue with the stoppage but plenty had problems with the referee in the fourth round.

The protest will go nowhere as these things usually don't but I wouldn't be surprised if the WBO didn't order a rematch for Wilson.

That's far from a guarantee but a possibility and even though Navarrete emerges with the title, the WBO still has a mess in the division.

Navarrete has 30 days to decide if he will keep the junior lightweight title or return to the featherweight division and keep that crown, Wilson could be in line for a mandated rematch, Oscar Valdez is in the picture as the original and planned future opponent and that's before we touch the number one contender Archie Sharp.

In the junior welterweight co-feature, undefeated contender Arnold Barboza earned the biggest victory of his career with a unanimous decision over former junior lightweight and lightweight champion Jose Pedraza.

No knockdowns scored but the stronger Barboza landed more and hit Pedraza with the stronger punches.

Barboza was the winner at 96-94 x2 and 97-93, while I saw the fight a bit wider at 98-92 for Barboza.

Barboza could be in line for a title shot or even a chance at former lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez.

As for Pedraza, he was very game in defeat but he is on the verge of becoming a gatekeeper in the division and soon to be 34, the Sniper's days at the top of the division appear to be passed.

Boxing Challenge

TRS: 20 Pts (4) 

Ramon Malpica:20 Pts  (5)

Vince Samano: 11 Pts (1) 

Boxing Challenge

    The boxing weekend starts in Glendale Arizona with Top Rank and ESPN offering a title bout that is surrounded by controversy and a co-main event that pairs two top ten fighters in their division.

The main event will offer Emanuel Navarrete moving up to junior lightweight to attempt to claim the WBO 130-pound title that was recently vacated by Shakur Stevenson.

Navarrete is currently the WBO champion at featherweight but is expected to officially turn in that championship after this fight, a fight that he is heavily favored to win over Australia's Liam Wilson.

The controversy is two-scaled as Wilson accused the scales of being rigged with a claim that he was barely under the weight limit and twenty minutes later for the official weigh-in, Wilson made the limit by four pounds.

The inference there is that Navarrete was once again struggling to make weight and this allowed him to do so.

The other controversy is Wilson, who at 14-1 has never fought, let alone beaten a world-class fighter, receiving a shot at the vacant title at all.

At first, the opponent for Navarrete was former featherweight and junior lightweight champion Oscar Valdez, which would have been an excellent action fight between two fighters promoted by Top Rank.

The problem with this is that the WBO's top contender, Archie Sharp of England, wasn't involved at all despite Sharp's claim that he was available for the vacant title match.

Now, if the statement is that Oscar Valdez is a more deserving title challenger than Sharp based on their resume', I'm fine with that statement.

And if you like Navarrete-Valdez better than Navarrete-Sharp as an action fight, I'm fine with that too as Sharp is a more mobile boxer while Valdez would have been more likely to meet Navarrete in the middle of the ring and swap power shots.

However, if Valdez is more deserving via the ratings than Sharp, why is Sharp rated first?

And how can you fill a vacant title without your top contender that claims he is available and ready to participate?

SO when Valdez was injured in training and Sharp stated that he was prepared to step in for the injured Valdez, it appeared that the right thing was going to occur.

Instead, the choice was the third-rated Wilson and Top Rank was announcing that should Navarrete win, his first title defense will be against Valdez, not Sharp.

In boxing as in life, things are often not fair.

The co-feature may not have a championship on the line but two top ten contenders in a loaded division at junior welterweight will slug it out for what could lead to a title shot for the victor.

Undefeated contender Arnold Barboza and former junior lightweight and lightweight champion Jose Pedraza should be an excellent style mix and the winner would be deserving of a title shot or at least an eliminator against another contender.

Barboza has been aiming for a shot at former lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and his constant verbal barbs at Lopez has been cited as the reason that Lopez chose Sandor Martin for his most recent bout rather than Barboza.

Pedraza would be the biggest victory for Barboza, as his most recognizable names currently are a past his prime Mike Alvarado and former title challenger Alex Saucedo.

Pedraza drew with Richard Commey last August and dropped a decision to former WBC and WBO junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez in the fight before that but in his previous fight, Pedraza stopped undefeated prospect, Julian Rodriguez in eight rounds.

Boxing Challenge

Vacant WBO Junior Welterweight Title 12 Rds

Emanuel Navarrete vs Liam Wilson

Ramon Malpica: Navarrete KO 9

TRS: Navarrete KO 6

Vince Samano: Wilson Unanimous Decision

Junior Welterweights. 10 Rds

R.L and TRS: Barboza Unanimous Decision

V.S:  Barboza KO 9