By Mark Vester

On the Latin Fury 9 undercard at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, featherweight contender Mario Santiago (20-1-1, 14 KOs) returned after a one year layoff to win an eight round decision over Gilbert Sanchez (21-6-2, 7 KOs). The scores were 78-74, 79-71 and 77-74. Santiago would like a major title shot before the end of the year.

Hot middleweight prospect Matt Korobov (7-0, 6 KOs) returned to his crushing ways after going the distance in his last ring outing. He needed less than 90-seconds to blow away Benjamin Diaz (9-3-2, 6 KOs). Korobov used hard body shots to put Diaz away. The Diaz bout is Korobov's second bout this month, going the four round distance with Loren Myers on June 13.