By James Blears
The Heavens opened on Mexico City sluicing down a massive and sustained deluge, leading up to the demolition of Willie Limond by Erik Morales at the Plaza de Toros.
Willie who only has eight kncokouts on his record held his own for a while and eluded some of Erik's early onslaughts with slick lateral movement, which at times made the Mexican legend look clumsy and slow. But by the fifth round, Erik was range finding and homing in on his target.
Erik moved from head to body with a wicked left hook to the ribs which had Willie down in the sixth. Another body blow under his guard in roughly the same zone crumpled the Scot again and when an extra flurry put Willie down for the third time, the WBC rule prevailed and referee Jay Nady intervened at 2.46.
The crowd who'd been lashed by the first storm, but cheered the second pumelling, erupted as red, white and green fireworks exploded into the sky and a mariachi band belted it out. Earlier they'd booed a recording of bagpipes during the introduction. The rain had stopped by that time.
Edgar Sosa proved his mettle in a slugfest with Filipino Ryan Bito. The two fought through a curtain of rain, which wiped out the internet, but not their passion for a real scrap. The first clash of heads happened in the second round. Referee Gualdalupe Garcia deducted a point from Bito after another in the third, but the damage was done because Edgar was bleeding from a cut.
