Montiel Demolishes Silva, Wins WBO Bantamweight Title

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At the Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, Fernando Montiel (39-2, 29KOs) knocked out Diego Silva (24-2, 12KOs) in the third round to capture the WBO interim-bantamweight title. [details]

[Steak]

how ******. fighting for a vacant interim title? its completely unnecessary. they jsut killed the whole point of an 'interim' title.

oh wait, I forgot...the WBO doesnt count as a belt.

[David Gilmour]

god, interim title, wtf? im so disgusted with these sanctioning bodies.

[lopez36]

yesterday it said here it was for the full wbo title,but oh well,i don't know then.

[MANGLER]

**** all these ****** belts. Props to Montiel anyway tho.

[Miburo]

Unfortunately he would have to go after the WBC or WBA belts to get a shot at the best in the division as, like in any Japanese-controlled weight class, the IBF and WBO title holders will be excluded from unification bouts.

[xcaret]

montiel looked like a little monster, he will beat darchinyan and donaire the *** up.

[Pullcounter]

i don't even know why montiel took this fight... the guy he fought was a bum

[giacomino]

THis was a set-up fight to get Montiel a title. Yes, he looked great, but against a guy who had done nothing to deserve a spot in the top 50 in the division, let alone a fight for the title. BFD

[PlasticFlamingo]

It doesn't look pointless to me, Gerry Penalosa will hold his title until the Lopez fight. This way they make sure that Montiel is full champ when Vic moves up, instead of being ranked #1 and fighting against #2 for the vacant belt. Then, presto! Full world-class santioning fees all around. Less risk, more reward.