Yordenis Ugas dominated Abel Ramos over 12-rounds, yet was only able to win a razor thin split decision over Abel Ramos to win the WBA Welterweight title at The Mictosoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
In round nine, Ramos started to bleed from his nose. Ugas was dominant with the jab by landing a career best 160 of them and wiping out Ramos in the punches landed category to the tune of 233-109, yet judges saw the fight just 115-113 twice for Ugas and somehow 117-111 for Ramos.
Ugas, 147 lbs of Santiago De Cubas, CUB is 26-4. Ramos, 146 lbs of Casa Grande, AZ is 26-4-2/
Ramos Stops Garcia in 2
Jesus Ramos stopped Esteban Garcia in round two of a scheduled eight-round bout featuring undefeated welterweights.
Ramos pounded away on Garcia until the bout was stopped at 2:45.
Ramos, 142.8 lbs of Case Grande, AZ is 13-0 with 121 knockouts. Garcia, 142 lbs of Brawley, CA is now 14-1.
Omar Jaurez won a eight-round unanimous decision over Dakota Linger in a super lightweight bout.
Juarez outlanded Linger 199-113.
Juarez, 142.8 lbs of Brownsville, TX won by scores of 80-72 and 79-73 twice and is now 9-0. Linger, 144.4 lbs of West Virginia is 12-4-2.
Cody Crowley remained undefeated and won a 10-round unanimous decision over Josh Torres in a welterweight bout.
Crowley outlanded Torres 254-113.
Crowley, 145 lbs of Duoro, CAN won by scores of 100-90 on all cards, and is now 19-0. Josh Torres, 146.6 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is 22-7-2.
Batyr Akhmedov stopped Rey Perez in round one of their scheduled 10-round super lightweight bout.
Akhmedov dropped Perez twice with body shots and the fight was stopped after the 2nd knockdown at 2:19.
Akhmedov, 140.4 lbs of Russia is 8-1 with seven knockouts. Perez, 140.6 lbs of the Philippines is 24-12.
Leduan Barthelemy stopped Recky Dulay in round three of their scheduled six-round lightweight fight.
In round three, Barthlelemy landed a right hook to the body that put Dulay down. Seconds later it was the same punch that registered a 2nd knockdown. Yet a few seconds later, Barthelemy dropped Dulay for a 3rd time in the round, and the fight was stopped at 2:39.
Barthelemy, 136.6 lbs of Guantanamo, CUB is 16-1-1 with eight knockouts. Dulay, 137.6 lbs of the Philippines is 11-9.
