Orlando Salido defended the WBO Featherweight title with an eleventh round beatdown of Japanese challenger Kenichi Yamaguchi in Ciudad, Mexico.
Salido dropped Yamagucji from a combination in round three.
Yamaguchi was extremely game but he took a tremendous beating and the referee could have stopped the bout anytime after the sixth round as the visiting challenger took a lot of punishment from the opening bell.
Finally in round eleven, Salido landed a flurry of hard shots to the head that had the ref stop the bout at 2:50 of round 11.
Salido, 126 lbs of Ciudad, Mexico will now look for a fall rematch with Juan Manuel Lopez, who was ringside and Salido’s record now reads 37-11-2 with twenty-four knockouts. Yamaguchi, 125 1/2 lbs of Osaka, Japan is now 17-2-2
Enrique Bernache scored a fourth round stoppage over Alejandro Valdez in a scheduled ten round Super Bantamweight bout.
It was a fast paced bout until Bernache dropped Valdez with a vicious combination at the end of round four.
The time of the finish was 2:59 of round four for Bernache, 123 lbs of Guadalajara, MX and is now 18-2 with nine knockouts. Valdez, 123 lbs of Ciudad, MX is now 26-7-2.
Ruben Tamayo scored a second round stoppage over Jorge Cardenas in a scheduled four round Super Bantamweight bout.
The time was 2:24 of round two for Tamayo, 122 lbs of Ciudad, MX and is now 17-2-2 with thirteen knockouts. Cardenas, 122 lbs of Los Mochis, MX is now 16-13
