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Two new World Boxing Federation
(WBF) champions was crowned on
Saturday night, September 19, in
Loreto, Mexico, as Rafael Reyes
beat Saul Banos to win the
vacant WBF International Super
Bantamweight title, and Jesus
Laguna
appeared
fortunate
to defeat Rafael Gutierrez
to lift the vacant WBA Latin
Featherweight crown.
Rafael Reyes came out banging
from the start and put on a
relentless attack on Saul Banos,
who had
no
answer to the onslaught and did
well to get through the first
round. But in round two it was
all over, as referee Manuel
Murrillo Naranjo stepped in to
save Banos, who was barely
defending himself, at 1:59 of
the round.
The new WBF International Super
Bantamweight champion improved
his record to 17-5 (13), and at
only twenty-four years of age
Reyes could be a force to be
reckoned with in the future.
After six victories in a row,
Saul Banos lost for the first
time since February 2012 and
drops to 11-4 (7).
Underdog Rafael Gutierrez looked
on his way to causing an upset
when he dropped the more
experienced and harder punching
Jesus Laguna in the first round.
But Laguna beat the count of
referee Murrillo Naranjo, and
while Gutierres appeared
to be in control he also
suffered cuts over both eyes.
Gutierres continued to dominate
the fight and was leading by
scores of 49-45, 49-45 and 48-46
after five rounds, when Murillo
Naranjo took him to get the
injuries examined by the
ringside doctor, who decided
that he should not be allowed to
continue.
Laguna was awarded the victory,
and with it the WBF Latin
Featherweight title, by
technical knockout at 1:02 of
round six, and improved his
record to 15-9-2 (14). Unlucky
Gutierrez,
a former challenger for the
Mexican national title, falls to
4-5 (2) but probably deserves a
rematch.
The World Boxing Federation
(WBF) championship doubleheader,
preceded by a full undercard of
entertaining match-ups, was
staged by Promotora Prombox.
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