WBO Super Flyweight kingpin Fernando Montiel, 37-2-1 (28), led the way on a good bill from Plaza De Toros in San Luis Potosi with a third round put-out of Jalisco slugger Luis Maldonado, 37-3-1 (28).

The skills of Montiel, who has only ever lost in world title fights, proved more than Maldonado, who has also only ever come up short in world title fights, could handle but it was the unheralded power of the Los Mochis based champion that proved to be the deciding factor in the bout.

Ex-WBC Lightweight Champion Cesar Bazan, 47-10-1 (30), returned from two losses and got back on the horse by picking up a ten round decision over novice Juan Jesus Rivera, 3-1 (1).

The sons of former world champions were also in action as super middle southpaw Hector Camacho Jr, 46-3-1 (26), stayed busy with a one round KO of overmatched Roel Salinas, 4-4 (1), while light welter prospect Jorge Paez Jr, 20-1 (12), had a no-contest with Francisco Villanueva, 4-16-1 (2).

All in all, it was a pretty good Saturday night and we start off south of the border with a big card in Queretaro, Mexico where at the Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., 36-0-1 (29), continued his meteoric rise with a ninth round KO of Italy's 154 lb titlist Tobia Guiseppe Loriga, 24-1-1 (6).

The Italian started aggressively but a patient Chavez scored with effective counters and floored the visitor in the second frame. The European fought his way out of trouble and resumed the pressure but didn't have enough power to interrupt the flow of Chavez, who continued to reduce Loriga's energy with carefully selected hurtful counters.

Once he had worn his rival down, Chavez began to go on the offensive and was extracting a heavy toll on Loriga before straining an ankle in the seventh. Despite the injury, Chavez nailed Loriga with a full-blooded right hand that had the Italian Champion taking a much needed knee as he was counted out at 1:47 of the ninth frame. More...