By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Roberto Lerio, the 22 year old Filipino who is now based in Australia, has won the vacant Australian super bantamweight title with a sixth round technical decision over Mark Quon in Melbourne.
A brief report from Melbourne said Lerio who has a record of 9-7 with 3 knockouts according to Boxrec.com won on the scorecards of two of the three judges after the fight was stopped following an accidental clash of heads.
Referee Chris Anderson called a halt at 1:42 of the sixth round.
Two judges had Lerio the winner by close margins of 57-56 and 58-56 while a third judge had the 30 year old Quon ahead 57-56, leaving Lerio the winner by a split decision.
