Former Olympians Vanes Martirosyan and Erislandy Lara battled to a technical draw after a cut over the left eye of Martirosyan forced the bout to be stopped in the ninth round of their WBC Super Welterweight elimination bout at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.
It was a close fight that saw Martirosyan fight well early and Lara coming on late before a headbutt caused a nasty cut above the left eye of Martirosyan.
At the time of the stoppage the scores read 86-85 Martirosyan, 87-84 Lara and 86-86.
Martirosyan, 153 lbs of Glendale, CA is 32-0-1NC while Lara, 153 1/2 lbs Guantanamo, CUB is 17-1-1-1NC
Mikey Garcia scored a eighth round stoppage over Jonathan Barros in round eight of a scheduled ten round Super Featherweight bout.
It was a competitive bout that saw Garcia get ahead with combination punching while Barros was effective at times with body punches. Barros had a good round seven when he landed a left that startled Garcia.
The following round saw Garcia land a perfect left hook that deposited Barros on the canvas. When he got to his feet referee Robert Byrd asked hi if he wanted to continue but his body language said otherwise and the bout was stopped at 2:24.
Garcia, 128 1/2 lbs of Moreno Valley, CA will now look for a world title shot with Orlando Salido with a record of 30-0 with twenty-six knockouts. Barros, 128 lbs of Santa Fe, ARG is now 34-4-1.
