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LOPEZ RETAINS WBC INT?L SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Tue, 17 May 2011 Silvester ?Silver? Lopez, the most promising fighter in the stable of Gabriel ?Bebot? Elorde Jr has retained his WBC International super flyweight title with a smashing 1st round TKO over Mexico?s Everardo Morales in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. Elorde told the Daily Inquirer that Lopez hit Morales caught Morales with a vicious left cross in the first round and dropped the Mexican twice. Lopez went after Morales, caught him on the ropes and nailed him with a flurry of punches giving international referee Bruce McTavish no choice but to stop the fight. With the win Lopez improved his record to 16-3-1 with 12 knockouts while Morales dropped to 34-17-2 with 23 knockouts. It was the 34 year old Mexicans third successive TKO loss. He suffered a 7th round TKO defeat at the hands of champion Hugo Fidel Cazares in a WBO world title fight on July 3, 2010 and on March 26, 2011 lost by a 3rd round TKO to Jose Salgado in a clash for the vacant North American Boxing Federation title. Lopez, on the other hand was coming off a 1st round knockout of veteran Noel Sungahid last December 11, 2010 after losing a 5th round technical decision to Mexico?s popular Juan Jose ?Goofy? Montes on October 2, 2010. In that fight Lopez was dropped in the first round but opened up a nasty cut over the right eye of Montes in round three which was caused by a punch. However, referee Frank Gentile claimed it was an accidental head-butt and deducted a point from Lopez. When the fight was stopped because of the bleeding from the cut all three judges had Montes the winner 48-45. Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.  |
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