The biggest boxing card this weekend was actually on Thursday at the famed Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where three title fights took place.

The South American and WBO Latino Cruiserweight titles were fought over by Victor Emilio Ramirez, 13-1 (11), and Hector Ricardo Sotelo, 18-10-2 (6), with the 24 year old local man Ramirez, aka "El Tyson de Abasto", stopping crosstown rival and former Argentine Light Heavy Champ Sotelo in the second round.

There was a big unification showdown as well with local legend, WBA Female Super Bantam Marcela Eliana "El Tigresa" Acuna, 31-5 (16), winning her twelfth straight contest to rip the WBC belt away from Cordoba's Alejandra Marina Oliveras, 12-1-2 (4), in a hard fought ten round unanimous decision.

Yesica Yolanda Bopp, 7-0 (3), continued the Buenos Aires victory parade as she dropped Venezuelan visitor Ana Fernandez, 8-3 (5), in the third enroute to posting a wide points verdict after ten frames to secure the vacant WBA Female Light Flyweight title.

There was also action on Friday in Argentina with South American Light Middle Champ Javier Alberto Mamani, 35-7-1 (19), delighting his hometown fans with a ten round points win in a non-title bout against Cordoba man Valentin Antonio Ochoa, 19-10-1 (8), at General Guemes in Salta.

Also on the bill was San Miguel based prospect Alberto Leopoldo Santillan, 14-1 (3), who outpointed legendary veteran Victor Hugo Paz, 74-47-5 (27), over eight frames at lightweight.

Argentine and WBA Fedelatin Welterweight kingpin Hector David Saldivia, 28-1 (22), of Comodoro Rivadavia won his seventh in a row by finishing off Buenos Aires man Juan Manuel Alaggio, 19-8-1 (6), at Complejo Ingenierio Knudsen in Caleta Olivia.

Also on Friday, at the Gimnasio de la Villa Olympica in Desamparados, Costa Rica, Texas based Mexican welterweight Roberto Garcia, 25-2 (18), pulled off a dramatic tenth and final round stoppage of 42 year old Costa Rican Middleweight titlist Humberto Aranda, 37-16 (22).

The big action on Saturday took place at Palenque de la Feria in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico where local man Manuel Vargas, 25-3-1 (11), took the Interim WBO Minimumweight title from Colombia's Daniel Reyes, 40-6-1 (30), a former IBF titlist, via a fourth round knockout.

We head back to Argentina to finish this report as Buenos Aires man Santiago Ivan Acosta, 16-1-2 (7), retained his Argentine Super Flyweight crown for the first time with a ten round points win against Rion Hondo's previously undefeated prospect Carlos Eduardo Bulacio, 10-1 (4), at Club Social y Deportivo San Vincente in Bell Ville. Acosta also holds the South American Flyweight belt.

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