ESPN 2 FIGHTS WERE IN SIN CITY
Las Vegas, NV– Miguel Vazquez W10 Breidis Prescott: Tall lightweights faced off with the man that KO’d Amir Khan, Breidis Prescott (21-1-0-18 KOs) getting the better of the tough Miguel Vazquez (25-3-0-12 KOs) during the early going. However Vazquez overcame a first round knockdown and dominated the Colombian Prescott from the third round on. When a split decision was announced a worried Vazquez held his breath. Scores: 95-94 & 96-93 for Vazquez, the third card inexplicably read 97-92 for Prescott.
Erislandy Lara UD 6 Darnell Boone: Widely thought of as the best prospect of the recent Cuban defectors, Lara (7-0, 4 KOs) had an easy night against journeyman Boone (16-12-2-6 KOs), who survived a shaky finale. Scores: 60-54 twice & 59-55.
Guillermo Rigondeaux KO 1 Robert Guillen: Another highly touted Cuban defector Rigondeaux (2-0, 2 KOs) easily knocked out overmatched Robert Guillen (4-3-2, N0 KOs) with a body shot at 2:57 of #1.
Yudel Johnson UD 4 Justin Paolo: Cuba’s Yudel Johnson (2-0, 1 KO) pitched a four round shutout over Paolo (1-1, NO KOs) with scores of 40-36 on all three cards.
TELMUNDO TRYING HARD TO ELEVATE VAZQUEZ
Kissimmee, FL– Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. KO 2 Cecilio Santos
The son of two-time WBA champ Wilfredo Vazquez, Wilfredo Jr. (16-0, 13 KOs) knocked out the usually durable trialhorse Santos (23-11-3, 13 KOs) at 2:59 of #2 with a hook to the body.
Jonathan Cepeda KO 6 Vladimir Laguna: If it went the distance scoring would have been tricky. Cepeda (6-0, 5 KOs) was penalized two points for twice hitting Laguna (1-2, NO KOs) while he was down in #2. Laguna was later deducted a point for holding. The end came at 1:03 of #6.
SATURDAY RESULTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
Manchester, UK- Amir Khan (21-1, 15 KOs) UD 12 Andriy Kotelnik (31-3-1, 13 KOs) vs. (WBA 140 lb. title) Scores: 120-108 & 118-110 twice. Denis Lebedev (18-0, 13 KOs) TKO 3 Enzo Maccarinelli (29-4, 22 KOs)
Mexicali, Mexico- Martin Castillo (34-3, 18 KOs) KO 1 Alfredo Montano (9-9, 5 KOs)