There were a few surprises last night at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT as Sergio Mora graduated to the big time with a stunning upset of heavily favored Vernon Forrest to capture the WBC Light Middleweight title.

Reigning champion Forrest has disregarded the challenge posed by the former Contender TV series winner Mora as insubstantial but the Los Angeles based challenger proved more than able to force Forrest to eat his words.

Forrest began the bout well, showing his long experience in catching Mora with hard shots but the younger man regrouped and adjusted his style to take control of the bout after three rounds.

As the action wore on, Forrest , 40-3 (29), began to display his 37 years and could not control the action as the naturally heavier Mora, 21-0-1 (5), simply outworked the Georgia native.

In a WBO Welterweight title fight, former champion Paul Williams, 34-1 (25), crushed the man who took his title in February, Carlos Quintana, 25-2 (19), in the very first round of their bout.

Williams hurt the champion early with a sharp hook and Quintana simply never recovered, failing to survive the follow-up onslaught of the towering Williams.

Light middle Sergio Gabriel Martinez, 43-1-1 (23), finished off Archak TerMerliksetian, 16-7 (13), in seven.

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