At the Morongo Casino and Resort in Cabazon, CA last night, super bantams Nestor Rocha and Jhonny Gonzalez looked sharp in winning meaningful victories.

Rocha, 21-1 (7), continued to rebuild following his loss to unheralded novice Jonas Hernandez last year by widely outpointing steel chinned Mexican veteran Oscar Andrade, 36-35-2 (18), after ten frames of combat.

Andrade represents Rocha's most experienced opponent to date and could represent one of the final bouts for the 26 year old Montebello based boxer before he gets a title shot.

Former WBO Bantamweight Champion Gonzalez, 40-6 (34), continued to shine following the loss of his title last year to ageless Filipino Gerry Penalosa with his fifth straight stoppage win, knocking out Colombian southpaw campaigner Reynaldo Lopez, 30-6-2 (21), at 2:17 of the fourth round.

In a hard nosed six round test of wills, San Ysidro man Luis Antonio Arceo, 20-8-2 (13), won for the first time over his last eight appearances with majority decision against previously unbeaten prospect Demetrio Soto, 5-1 (4), at welterweight.

Aside from the big Pacquiao vs. Diaz card in Las Vegas, there was some good action in America this weekend starting off with the latest bout of Irish sensation John Duddy, who outpointed Charlie Howe at The Castle in Boston, MA.

Duddy, 25-0 (17), was coming off a horrific performance against Montreal based Tunisian fighter Walid Smichet in February and needed an impressive win. At 33 years of age with losses to the only name fighters that he had faced, Joey Gilbert and Cornelius Brundage, Howe, 17-5-2 (9), was handpicked for the purpose.

Not surprisingly, Duddy had little trouble practicing his arsenal against the Midwesterner, finding range to both the head and body with equal success with very little coming back in return.

Howe was hurt at times but the big hearted fighter never stopped trying against his more skilled foe, landing a few good shots here and there to keep Duddy from running roughshod over him.

After the bout ran it's ten round course, Duddy was awarded the victory on marks of 100-90 on all three scorecards. More...