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The Big Punch Arena in Tijuana,
Mexico hosted a massive World
Boxing Federation (WBF)
Championship triple-header on
Friday night, November 9,
promoted by Borizteca Boxing
Promotions and streamed live
world-wide by Fight Hup TV &
bestinboxing.com.
In the main event,Temecula,
USA-based Roberto “The Ram” Meza
won the vacant WBF International
Super Featherweight title when
he scored a hard-fought
unanimous decision over tough
and game veteran Saul “Temible”
Banos.
With slightly misleading scores
of 100-90, 98-92 and 98-92 from
judges Daniel Lopez Rivera,
Antonio Villegas and Roman Cruz
Olais, 22-year-old Meza improved
his professional record to 12-1
(6), while Banos (26) drops to
14-11-2 (7).
In a battle of young and hungry
prospects, local fan-favourite
Jorge Alberto Brito (23) emerged
victorious by unanimous decision
over previously unbeaten Kevin
“Diamond Boy” Torres (21) to
lift the vacant WBF North
America Welterweight title in a
minor upset.
A rangy and slick southpaw, “El
Chihuas” Brito knocked Torres
down in the very first round
with a straight left hand, but
was incorrectly credited with
another knock-down in round four
when Torres clearly slipped. So
it was an uphill battle for
Torres from early on.
But Brito, now 11-1 (7), was
undoubtedly the better man on
the night, and his victory was
clear as judges, Antonio
Villegas, Roman Cruz Olais and
Daniel Lopez Rivera all scored
the fight in his favour by
97-91, 97-91 and 95-93
respectively. Torres travels
back to his home town
Washington, USA at 10-1-1 (9).
In the third title fight of the
evening, Rafael Ramon Ramirez
got a second chance to win the
WBF Mexico Super Welterweight
title, after his first challenge
against Ramon Barajas last June
ended in a fourth round
No-Contest due to an injury
following an accidental
headbutt.
Ramirez (38) unanimously
decisioned seasoned trial-horse
Alejandro Valladares, with
scores of 98-91 (Daniel Lopez
Rivera), 99- 90 (Antonio
Villegas) and 99-90 (Roman Cruz
Olais), after scoring a
knock-down in round eight.
Fighting out of San Diego in the
USA, and a former
sparring-partner of living
legends Floyd Mayweather Jr. and
Shane Mosley, the record of
Rafael Ramon Ramirez now stands
at 21-4-2 (4). Alejandro
Valladares (34) drops to 9-25-1
(5).
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