Comments Thread For: Matthew Villanueva Tops Julian Rivera, Remains Unbeaten

[JakeNDaBox]

Matthew Villanueva earned his 10th pro win the hard way, going ten rounds for the first time in his career and also in his first fight outside of the United States.

The unbeaten super flyweight prospect was given a stiff challenge from Julian Rivera, but fended off the determined journeyman to take a unanimous decision in their main event Friday evening in Mexico City.

Scores were 98-92 (twice) and 96-94 in favor Villanueva, who advances to 10-0-1 (8KO). The Californian made his debut under the All-Star Boxing banner, which he parlayed into his Telemundo debut. [Click Here To Read More]

[vacon04]

He looked pretty good. He has good boxing skills, he just needs to work a little bit more on his defense because he throws some wide shots and is open to counter attacks but he's still learning and has time to improve.