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At the Unidad Deportiva Inalámbrica in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, Jorge Solis captured the WBA's interim-super featherweight title with a left hook to the ribs that stopped Likar Ramos of Colombia in the seventh round. Solis had also scored a knockdown in the sixth round.
At the Convention Center in McAllen, Texas, lightweight prospect Brandon Rios (24-0-1, 16 KOs) stopped Jorge Teron (23-2-1, 15 KOs) in three rounds. Rios started the damage with his power shots in the very first round. He had Teron hurt and continued to land big punches in the second. The damage continued in the third, with Rios unloading big punches from both hands. Teron was getting battered in the round until the ref stopped the beating.
At the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek (40-1, 27KOs) won a twelve round decision over Jason Estrada (16-3, 4KOs). The scores were 115-113, 116-112 and 118-110. Adamek may now face Chris Arreola on April 24 on HBO.
At the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27KOs) stopped interim-champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2, 17KOs) in nine rounds. Valero was well ahead on the cards at the time of the stoppage.
At the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, unbeaten welterweight Carlos Abregu (29-0, 23KOs) won a ten round decision over tough Richard Gutierrez (24-4, 14KOs).
Jose Bonilla, the trainer for former champion Carlos Quintana, is not happy with a recent offer for a possible fight with junior middleweight prospect Vanes Martirosyan. BoxingScene.com reported last week Quintana-Martirosyan was being discussed. The fight could take place on April 10 in Madison Square Garden on the possible Andre Berto-Paulie Malignaggi card.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is all over the place; doing promotional work to hype the May 1 mega-fight with WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. During a recent radio interview with ESPN 101, Mayweather spoke about the negotiations falling apart with Manny Pacquiao.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is making the rounds and talking up his May 1 fight with WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley. Mayweather has often been called a very defensive style. His critics think he is too defensive for his own good and that very defense makes for bad fights.
There has been a lot of debate over Antonio Margarito receiving a license to box on the pay-per-view undercard to Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey at Cowboys Stadium on March 13. Margarito's license was revoked last February by the California State Athletic Commission. Prior to his fight with Shane Mosley last January 24, a plaster-like substance was found in Margarito's handwraps. Mosley went on to knock Margarito out. Instead of appearing before the CSAC, Margarito had applied with the Texas commission.
At the NSU Arena inside the Don Taft University Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Glen Johnson (50-13-2, 34 KOs) stopped Yusaf Mack (28-3-2, 17 KO) in six rounds in an IBF title eliminator.