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On Saturday September 22 in
Mexicali, Mexico, Alfredo “King”
Mejia Vargas won the vacant
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Mexican Super Bantamweight title
with a unanimous decision over
local favourite Leonardo Baez.
On a show promoted by Gladiador
Promotions at the Auditorio del
Estado, Mejia started to
dominate the fight from the
third round on, and used his jab
to keep Baez at bay for most of
the fight. After ten rounds of
boxing it was clear that the
visitor from Ensenada had done
enough to win.
Judges Ray Armendariz and
Antonio Lizarraga scored the
fight 98-92 and 97-93
respectively, while Judge Daniel
Lopez had it closer at 96-94.
Mejia Vargas improved his
professional record to 11-1-3
(2), Baez falls to 12-2 (7).
Also on Saturday, In Vienna,
Austria, WBF Womens World
Lightweight Champion Nicole
Wesner retained her title for
the fourth time when she stopped
last minute replacement Nana
Chakhvashvili from Georgia in
the fifth round.
Wesner, now 15-0 (7), was
originally scheduled to face
Lina Tejada, but the Domican was
refused a visa only a few days
before the fight, and
Chakvashvili, 6-8 (4), stepped
in to save the day.
Unfortunately it was a one-sided
affair, as Wesner was several
levels above the challenger.
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