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MAIN EVENT: 12 ROUNDS FOR THE WBC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

MANNY PACQUIAO BECAME THE FIRST ASIAN TO WIN 4 WORLD TITLES IN 4 DIFFERENT WEIGHT CLASSES WHEN HE DEFEATED FORMER CHAMP DAVID DIAZ BY TKO IN THE NINTH ROUND. PACQUIAO HAD WON EVERY ROUND UP TO THAT POINT.

12 ROUNDS FOR THE WBO FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE

STEVEN LUEVANO RETAINED THE TITLE BY WAY OF A DRAW WITH CHALLENGER MARIO SANTIAGO
SCORES WERE 117-111 LUEVANO, 115-113 SANTIAGO, 114-114

12 ROUNDS FOR THE WBC INTERIM LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
THIS IS THE INTERIM TITLE SINCE THE HOLDER OF THIS TITLE IS MANNY PACQUIAO WHO MOVED UP IN WEIGHT TO FIGHT DAVID DIAZ. IF PACQUIAO RETAINS THIS TITLE THE WINNER OF THIS FIGHT WILL MEET HIM FOR THE TITLE. IF PACQUIAO STAYS AT THE HIGHER WEIGHT THEN THE WINNER OF THIS FIGHT WILL BECOME THE CHAMPION.

FRANCISCO LORENZO WON BY FOURTH ROUND DQ OVER HUMBERTO SOTO IN A VERY CONTROVERSIAL STOPPAGE.

SOTO WAS AHEAD ON ALL 3 CARDS AFTER 3 ROUNDS. SOTO KNOCKED LORENZO DOWN IN ROUND FOUR. AFTER ABSORBING MORE PUNISHMENT FROM SOTO, LORENZO DROPPED TO A KNEE AT WHICH TIME SOTO THREW A GLANCING BLOW AT LORENZO'S HEAD. LORENZO DESERVED AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS HE FELL TO THE CANVAS LIKE HE WAS SHOT. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES OF CONSULTATION BETWEEN REFEREE JOE CORTEZ AND THE NEVADA ATHLETIC COMMISSION SOTO WAS DISQUALIFIED, AT WHICH POINT LORENZO JUMPED RIGHT UP.
HOWEVER, THE WBC DECIDED THAT LORENZO WOULD NOT BE THE CHAMPION AND HAS ASKED FOR A REMATCH.

MONTE BARRETT PROVED THAT HE IS STILL A HEAVYWEIGHT TO CONTEND WITH AS HE DESTROYED 40-1 36KOs TYE FIELDS AT :57 SECONDS OF THE FIRST ROUND. FIELDS WAS BEING GROOMED FOR A POSSIBLE KLITSCHKO FIGHT.

Jesus Rojas W-TKO 6 over Alex Ali Baba
Dennis Laurente W-TKO 4 over Steve Quinonez
Luis Cruz KO3 Miguel Albares
Khadaphi Proctor W-UD4 Carlos Tangrago

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