The world's top light flyweight was in action last night as Edgar Sosa thrilled a packed hometown Arena Revolucion in Mexico City with the 9th defense of his WBC title.

Seasoned Panamanian Carlos Melo came into the bout with the reputation as an iron-chinned stylist but the former WBA minimumweight title challenger was in over his head from the start against the magnificent Sosa.

By the third frame the quick but heavily outgunned Melo was on the canvas from the champion's two-handed assault but beat the count and soldiered on.

Melo bravely soaked up the onslaught in the fourth but a shattering left hand to the liver took the legs out from under the challenger in the fifth. More...

There were a few good cards this weekend and we kick this report off at the Auditorio Telmex de UG in Zapopan, Mexico where a few big names were in action.

One of the world's top featherweights, Jorge Solis, won a IBF title eliminator by stopping America's Monty Meza-Clay in the fifth round.

Meza-Clay came into the bout sporting a eight bout win streak, including a stoppage over former IBF Feather Champion Erik Aiken a year ago, but had spent most of his career at lightweight or super feather and had never fought at 126 pounds as a professional.

But the skills of seasoned operator Solis, a former Mexican Champ at super bantam and feather, proved to be too high a hurdle as the 29 year old Guadalajara man won the IBF title eliminator handily.

Solis moves up to 37-1-2 (27) and has now won four bouts in a row since suffering his only career loss at the hands of Manny Pacquiao at super feather in 2007. More...

After many years as a nearly man, Panama's Guillermo Jones finally fulfilled his promise as he ripped the WBA Cruiserweight title from reigning champion Firat Arslan at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany.

Arslan began the bout applying the kind of pressure that had won him the title against Virgil Hill almost a year ago but the challenger used his long experience to minimize the impact of the champion's strategy.

Jones then began to masterfully outbox the German, hammering Arslan from angles and punishing the champion when Arslan did throw back return fire.

Arslan showed tremendous heart and toughness to keep going in the face of the heavy shelling and had success in spots but couldn't deal with the speed and accuracy of the much taller, long armed challenger, suffering cuts in the seventh.

By the tenth frame, Arslan had very little left while Jones seemed fresh and still in full command of his arsenal, forcing a stoppage at 2:33 of the frame More...