In what was a big night of
boxing, the World Boxing
Federation crowned three new
champions in Mexico on Saturday
August 17.
At the El Chamizal arena in
Puerto Penasco, Sonora state,
two local favorites won WBF
titles as Linda “La Muneca” Soto
and Javier “El Rebelde” Carrera
took home the Womens
Intercontinental Super Flyweight
and North American Welterweight
titles respectively.
Soto put on a convincing
performance against the brave
Kareli Lopez, and was awarded a
clear unanimous decision. Judges
Enrique Sotelo, Jose Garduno and
Manuel Rincon scored it 100-90,
99-91 and 99-91. Referee was
Juan Jose Ramirez.
With the victory, new WBF Womens
Intercontinental Super Flyweight
Champion Linda Soto improves her
professional record to 6-3 (3),
and Kareli Lopez falls to a
misleading 5-4-1 (1).
In the co-feature, Javier
Carrera stopped Augusto Gamez by
technical knockout in round
four, when the doctor advised
referee Juan Jose Ramirez that a
cut on the eyelid of Gamez was
too bad to let him continue.
Time of the stoppage was 2:19.
This was a rematch of their
original meeting this past
March, where Carrera won a close
majority decision. Picking up
his careers first title, Carrera
moved his professional ledger to
13-1 (10), while former Sonora
State Champion Gamez drops to
13-14-1 (10). The show was
promoted by Promociones Soto.
Around 1200 miles way in Jalpa,
located in Zacatecas state, it
was a true battle for local
bragging rights, as Ana Arrazola
and Guadalupe Martinez, both
from the city of
Tlalnepantla, squared off for
the vacant WBF Womens World
Light Flyweight championship.
Arrazola proved to be the much
superior fighter, but a game
Martinez hung in there for the
full distance to see judges
Erica Contreras, Carlos Ruiz and
Carlos Monreal all favor her
opponent with scores of 100-90.
Referee was Ivan Guerrero.
The new WBF World Champion now
spots a record of 18-9-2 (13),
while Martinez, losing her
second straight world
title-challenge by decision,
drops to 4-4 (3). Promoter of
the fight was Ansel Promotions.
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