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Rubio Stops Vanda At
Mandalay Bay
Fighting in front of a more-than-sold out crowd filled with
boxing royalty, WBC #1 and WBO #3-rated middleweight Marco
Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KOs) pounded out a workmanlike TKO
5 over always-tough Matt "The Predator" Vanda (44-14, 24
KOs) on Friday night at the Sampson Boxing in Association
with Promociones del Pueblo night of boxing in the South
Pacific Ballroom at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las
Vegas.
Rubio's heavy hands eventually wore down Vanda, who came to
fight but couldn't overcome the power differential. Referee
Kenny Bayless stopped the fight at 2:42 of the fifth when it
became apparent Vanda had stopped fighting back.
The two embraced warmly after the fight, a show of respect
for the tough battle they had just waged.
Quick-fisted Dominican prospect Javier Fortuna (18-0, 13
KOs) scored a knockdown over durable veteran Miguel Roman
(37-9, 28 KOs) early in their featherweight bout, but was
forced to hold off a late surge before winning a unanimous
10-round decision (96-92, 96-91, 97-90).
Fortuna had to work tonight to win the WBC Silver
Intercontinental Championship, as Roman clearly showed up
thinking upset.
Welterweight powerhouse Azael Cosio (13-1-2, 10 KOs)
inflicted a TKO 6 over Ronnie Warrior Jr (13-6-1, 4 KOs) in
a battle for the WBC Latino belt. Cosio dropped Warrior in
the first and twice more in the sixth. His corner elected to
stop the bout after round six.
In a subdued clash of undefeated light middleweights, St.
Thomas, Virgin Island's Samuel Rogers (11-0, 6 KOs) finally
scored a 10th round TKO (2:10) over formerly undefeated
Jamar Freeman (9-1-2, 5 KOs) of Wilson, North Carolina.
With the win, Rogers took the vacant WBC FECARBOX title.
Time was 2:10.
Light heavyweight up-and-comer Badou Jack (9-0, 8 KOs) took
out Ohio's Adam Collins (10-5, 7 KOs) at 2:27 of round one.
Showing continued improvement, Jack used body shots to open
the head of Collins, eventually dropping him twice to bring
a hasty end.
In an entertaining six-round super featherweight bout
between female veterans, Laura Serrano (17-4-3, 6 KOs) and
Ela "Bam Bam" Nunez (10-11-2, 2 KOs) fought to a majority
draw. The scores were 59-55 (Serrano) and 57-57, 57-57.
Son of former world champion Julian Jackson and undefeated
knockout artist John Jackson (12-0, 11 KOs) finally caught
up to determined but outgunned Keandre Leatherwood (9-1, 6
KOs) at 1:31 of the sixth round in a fight for the vacant
WBC Youth Light Middleweight Championship.
The previously undefeated Leatherwood finally gave in to
Jackson's power after giving as good as he got for the first
few rounds. Jackson's legendary father worked his corner.
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