On Friday at Pabellon As Travesas in Vigo, Spain, Ivan Pozo recaptured the European Flyweight title with a ninth round technical decision over iron-chinned Christophe Rodrigues during a closely contested bout in front of 3,000 fans.

Rodrigues came into the bout as the flyweight champion of France and the far shorter southpaw from Beziers put the pressure on local man Pozo from the start.

Pozo, who held the European title in 2005 and unsuccessfully challenged for the WBO Belt in May, worked from the outside, setting up his combinations behind the jab but the forceful Frenchman burrowed inside to force a lot of exchanges on the inside.

The southpaw vs. orthodox pairing produced numerous head clashes and a few warnings to Rodrigues, which ultimately ended the contest in the ninth frame as an injury to the left eye of Pozo was judged to be too serious to allow the bout to continue.

Pozo was ahead on two of the three scorecards and thus declared the winner, much to the delight of the packed house.

The lanky 29 year old improves to 30-5-1 (19), while Rodrigues drops to 15-15-3 (2). More...

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. More...