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World Boxing Federation title
fights took place in Acapulco,
Mexico and Los Angeles,
California on Saturday night,
with Ganigan Lopez and Jesus
Cruz Bibiano winning WBF World
titles, and locally-based
Ukrainian Anatoliy Dudchenko
lifting the Intercontinental
Light Heavyweight championship.
In the main event at the Sports
Acapulco Pacific Paradise in
Acapulco, Ganigan “El Zurdo”
Lopez (Pictured) lifted the
vacant WBF World Light Flyweight
title with a unanimous decision
over fellow countryman Luis Ceja
with scores of 117-111, 117-111
and 118-111.
Both men tried to take the
initiative from the first bell,
but Lopez proved to be the
stronger of the two and
successfully managed to move
forward and force his opponent
on the back-foot. From the fifth
round Ceja fought with a nasty
swelling on his right eyebrow,
courtesy of several precise
blows from Lopez, but he never
looked discouraged and continued
to fight his chance.
Knowing he was behind on the
cards, “Gallo” Ceja tried to
turn things around with more
aggression in the late rounds,
but it was not enough and at the
final bell there was no doubt
who would be crowned the new
world champion. With the
victory, Lopez took his
professional ledger to 21-5
(14), and the game loser drops
to 22-3-3 (18).
In the second WBF World title
fight on the show, promoted by
Baja Boxing, Promociones Del
Pueblo and KO Entertainment, and
aired Live throughout Mexico on
Cadena 3, underdog Jesus Cruz
Bibiano made the most of his
first chance to become a world
champion when he stopped fellow
Mexican Cesar Vasquez in round
eight to capture the vacant
Super Featherweight title.
Despite a modest record of 9-9
(5) coming into the bout,
Bibiano was clearly the superior
fighter on the night, and after
a calm start he managed to drop
Vasquez (25-1, 16 KOs) with a
perfect left hook and eventually
stop him at 2:58 of the eight
round.
Jesus Cruz Bibiano, looking in
tremendous shape and fighting
with admirable termination, was
ecstatic with the victory, and
proved that you can’t always
judge a fighter by the number of
wins and losses on his record.
At the Bonaventure Hotel in Los
Angeles, Anatolyi Dudchenko
defeated Tyrell Hendrix by
seventh round technical knockout
to win his careers first title,
the WBF Intercontinental Light
Heavyweight, after a grueling
battle in front of a packed
house.
Dudchenko boxed well behind his
jab, but the game Hendrix,
fighting out of the famed Wild
Card Boxing Club and with Freddy
Roach in his corner, kept the
fight close and competitive by
getting close to his opponent
and throwing good combinations.
In the second round Hendrix was
cut over the right eye due to
what was ruled an accidental
clash of heads by referee Wayne
Hedgepeth, and at the end of the
third he was cut above both eyes
with the right starting to swell
up fast. But Hendrix never
stopped trying, and it was
entertaining all the way to the
end.
The end came when Hendrix was
unable to continue before the
start of the eight round, and
the new champion, Dudcenko,
improved his professional record
to 17-2-1 (11), while Hendrix
fell to 9-2-2 (3). At the time
of the stoppage, the three
judges had Dudchenko ahead by
67-66, 68-65 and 70-63.
The show was promoted by Ed
Holmes of All Star Boxing.
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