Former jr flyweight world champion Brian Viloria (22-2-1, 13 KOs) scored a spectacular third round KO over Fred Herberto Valdez. A hard left hand body shot ended the bout at the 2:10 mark. Viloria looked sharp and was constantly on the attack.
The Hampshire first innings ended more abruptly than even Surrey had intended. After their strike bowlers Chris Jordan and Pedro Collins had each taken a wicket everyone was surprised when Tom Burrows walked off the square with James Tomlinson - the ninth batsman to be dismissed.
In Houston, Ashlyn Watson singled home Alicia Blake in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Washington (29-23-1) to a victory over Texas (28-22-2) in the Houston regional.
Promoter Don King will present a same-day delayed webcast of Monday's WBA lightweight title fight between champion Jose Alfaro (20-3, 18 KOs) and Yosuke Kobori (22-2-1, 11 KOs) in Tokyo, Japan.
It was a sweet homecoming for hard hitting Frankie “El Gato” Figueroa (19-2, 13 KOs) - who was born in Puerto Rico but calls the Bronx his home - as he retained his NABF jr welterweight title with a one sided but impressive twelve round unanimous decision victory over Luis Rodriguez (22-2, 13 KOs) of Monterey, Mexico .
No. 3 seed Air Academy (22-2) has made it to the 5A baseball state semifinals for the second consecutive year, and this time it hopes to take it a step further after losing in the semifinals last spring.
The crossroads showdown between Jose "Cuate" Celaya (31-4, 16 KOs) of Salinas and Ricardo "El GĂĽero" Cortes (22-2-1, 15 KOs) of San Jose, CA, on June 5th at the HP Pavilion in San Jose has been called off do to Celaya pulling out.
LEWISBURG, Pa. - For the second time in the last three seasons, the Bucknell baseball team will play in the Patriot League championship series for a chance to win the fourth league title in program history as the No. 4-seeded Bison (24-22-2, 10-10 PL) will take on No. 2-seeded Navy (32-23-1, 11-9 PL) in a best-of-three series this Friday and Saturday, May 16-17, in Annapolis, Md. Game one is