Antonio Vargas Stops Guerrero in 10; Wins Interim Bantamweight Title
Antonio Vargas stopped Winston Guerrero to capture the WBA Interim Bantamweight Title at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
In the first thirty seconds of the fight, Vargas landed a hard left-right combination that sent Guerrero to the floor. In round two, Guerrero evened up the score as he landed a big right hand that put Vargas down for a heavy knockdown.
In round 10, Vargas rocked Guerrero with a right hand. Vargas followed up with a huge flurry that included two more vicious right hands om a prone Guerrero and the fight was stopped at 1:10
Vargas, 117.2 lbs of Kissimmee, FL is now 19-1 with 11 knockouts. Guerrero, 117,8 lbs of Managua, NIC is 22-1.
Wanna Walton Decisions Hanley
Javon “Wanna” Walton won a four-round majority decision over Erik Hanley in a lightweight bout.
Walton, 135 lbs of Atlanta won by scores of 40-36 twice and 38-38 and is now 2-0-1. Hanley, 133 lbs of Oceanside, NY is 1-2.
Danier Pero Stops Burns in 1
Danier Pero stopped Walter Burns in the opening round of their 10-round heavyweight bout.
In the opening minute, Pero landed a huge left that put Burns on his back. The punch opened up a huge cut around the right eye of Burns. Just before the round ended, Pero landed another right that made Burns stumble to the canvas. Upon Burns getting to his feet, the bout was stopped at
Pero, 236.8 lbs of Camguay, CUB is 10-0 with eight knockouts. Burns, 225.8 lbs of Detroit is 8-3.
Tammara Thibeault Wins Pro Debut
Tammara Thibeault won her professional debut with a four-round unanimous decision over Natasha Spence in a middleweight bout.
Thibeault landed 61 of 267 punches. Spence was 14 of 95.
Thibeault, 160 lbs of Quebec, CAN won by scores of 40-36 on all cards and is now 1-0. Spence, 158.6 lbs of Cambridge, CAN is 8-7-2.
Thibeault became the first professional women to make a pro debut in three-minute rounds.
Jocksan Blanco won an eight-round majority decision over Jeovanny Estela in a junior middleweight bout.
Blanco, 153.2 lbs of Caracas, VEN won by scores of 77-75 twice and 76-76 and is now 8-0. Esteala, 153.1 lbs is now 14-2,
Gurgen Hovhannisyan remained undefeated with a hard fought eight-round majority decision over Patrick Mailata in a heavyweight bout.
Hovhannisyan, 275 lbs of Armenia won by scores of 77-75 twice and 76-76 and is now 7-0. Mailata, 309.4 lbs of Chihuahua, MEX is 6-3.
Hendri Cedeno remained undefeated with an eight-round unanimous decision over Luis Hernandez Ramos in a welterweight bout.
Cedeno, 142 lbs of Santo Domingo, DR won by scores of 79-73 twice and 78-74 and is now 15-0. Ramos, 146.6 lbs of Chihuahua, MEX is 23-6.