Mijares stops Rodriguez in 7

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Former world champion Cristian Mijares scored a 7th round stoppage over Sebastian Rodriguez in a scheduled 10-round Featherweight bout.

Mijares dropped Rodriguez twice in round 7, first with a hard straight left and he finished him off with a combination that was punctuated with a flush right hook to the face and the bout was stopped at 2:59 of round seven.

Mijares, 125 lbs is now 50-8-2 with 25 knockouts. Rodriguez, 125 1/4 lbs is now 20-7-1.

Juan Pablo Sanchez stopped Onalvi Sierra in round 9 of their scheduled 12-round Super Featherweight bout.

Sierra dropped Sanchez in the 1st round. The two traded hard shots throughout the fight until Sanchez dropped Sierra with a right to the body in the 9th and he could not beat the count at 1:08.

Sanchez, 129 3/4 lbs is 29-11 with 13 knockouts. Sierra, 129 3/4 lbs is 26-8.

Francisco Horta scored a 6-round unanimous decision over Gerardo Hernandez in a Super Bantamweight bout.

Horta, 120 3/4 lbs won by scores of 59-55 and 58-56 twice and is now 6-2. Hernandez, 122 lbs is 11-3-1.