Aside from Miguel Cotto's WBA title defense against Joshua Clottey on Saturday, there were a few good shows in America on Friday night.

Former WBA light welter Diosbelys Hurtado, 42-3-1 (25), won a 12 round unanimous decision over Manuel Garnica, 25-11 (13), in defense of the WBO Latino strap and Cuban heavyweight prospect Odlanier Solis, 14-0 (10), rubbed out Dominique Alexander, 18-7-1 (9), in the first round.

At The Palms in Las Vegas, NV, ex-WBA super bantam boss Bones Adams, 44-6-4 (20), returned to the ring after a year on the sidelines to stop Alex "Ali" Baba, 26-16-1 (19), in the eighth stanza.

At the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA, ex-featherweight world champion Robert Guerrero, 24-1-1 (17), made his lightweight debut by stopping former USBA titlist Efren Hinojosa, 30-6-1 (17), in the eighth frame of a ten rounder.

The Civic Auditorium in Glendale, CA, saw heavyweight Andrey Fedosov, 20-1 (16), stop Galen Brown, 32-12-1 (19), in the second.

Also in California, featherweight Juan Carlos Burgos, 22-0 (15), outpointed Vyacheslav Gusev, 16-2 (3), for the WBC Cabofe crown at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario.

Welterweight Mauricio Herrera, 11-0 (5), outpointed Jose Alfredo Lugo, 10-10-1 (5), over ten to annex the vacant WBC USNBC belt.

Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, Oregon hosted a good bill with middleweight Daniel Edouard, 22-2-2 (13), stopping Dewey Welliver, 18-19-1 (6), in the eighth.

Light welter Verquan Kimbrough, 21-1-2 (7), outpointed Justo Sanchez, 17-23-1 (0), over eight frames while light heavy Roger Cantrell, 15-1 (8), won a six rounder over Rayco Saunders, 16-12-2 (7).

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