Valdez retains WBO belt
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Oscar Valdez retained his WBO featherweight belt on points over 12 rounds against Miguel Marriaga in a closely fought, action-packed fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on Saturday night.
The scores were 119-108, 118-109 and 116-111.
Valdez, 22-0; 19, made a fast start throwing big bombs at Marriaga, 25-2; 21, but the challenger survived the onslaught forcing the champion to box.
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Just when Marriaga was picking up the pace Valdez dropped him with a left hook in the tenth round, but he came back strongly to take the fight to the champion.
On the same card Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, 35-0; 24, dominated Max Bursak, 33-5-1; 15, to retain his WBO super-middleweight belt, through twelve one-sided rounds to score a unanimous points decision. The scores were 120-106 on all three judges
scorecards.
In a boring encounter the bigger Ramirez never hurt Bursak at any time in a fight that left the fans chanting for more action.
WBO junior featherweight champion Jessie Magdaleno, 25-0; 18, stopped his Brazilian challenger Adeilson Dos Santos, 18-3; 1, in the second round.
The southpaw, Magdaleno, outboxed Dos Santos from the opening bell before dropping the challenger in the second round with a right hook.
Dos Santos managed to hold on but a big right cross sent him down again. He beat the count, but when he wasn’t fighting back the referee waved that fight off at 2:51 into the round.
2016 USA Olympian Shakur Stevenson, making his pro debut, won on a sixth-round technical decision over Edgar Brito, 3-3-1; 2.
MURRAY WINS ON A MAJORITY DECISION
In a middleweight bout Martin Murray, 35-4-1; 16, from England scored a twelve-round majority decision over Philadelphia’s Gabriel Rosado, 23-11; 13, on Saturday night at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England.
In a closely fought encounter Murray won with scores of 119-109, 116-112 and 114-114 to retain the WBA Intercontinental title.
ABRAHAM WINS WBO ELIMINATOR
In a WBO super-middleweight eliminator, former two-division world champion Arthur Abraham, 46-5; 30, won on a twelve round unanimous decision over Robin Krasniqi, 46-5; 17, at the Messe in Erfurt in Germany on Saturday night.
The scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 115-114.
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