Blood spilled out of Argentina's Jorge Barrios as he went down the canvas following a right hook by Texas' Rocky Juarez in their World Boxing Organization Latino junior lightweight championship Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the Toyota Center in Houston.
Juarez, who fought out of the blue corner, knocked out Barrios 2 :55 in the 11 th round of the 12-rounder of the co-main event for the "No Retreat, No Surrender" super fight between Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis.
The two fighters slugged it out most of the 11 rounds but in the end, it was clear that Juarez outclassed the visiting opponent.
Juarez now has a win- loss record of 28-4 with 20 wins via knockout. Barrios, on the other hand, went down to 47-4 with 34 victories via KO.
Earlier, Jesus "El Matador" Chavez stopped visiting Andres Ledesma of Colombia via technical knockout in the 9th round of their lightweight clash, also at the Toyota Center.
Referee Bobby Gonzalez counted Ledesma out 42 seconds into the round following a right hook by Chavez.
Chavez, of Austin, also floored Ledesma in the 7th round.
With his win, Chavez improved his win-loss record to 44-4 with 31 victories coming by way of KO. Ledesma, meanwhile, dropped to 14-1-1 win-loss-draw slate. He has nine KOs.-abs-cbnNEWS.com
Juarez wins WBO Latino jr. lightweight belt in bloody match
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