Last night at the Gimnasio Municipal Number 1 in Puerto Madryn, Argentina, light welterweight Martin Antonio Coggi, 22-2-1 (12), retained his South American title for the first time with a second round KO of Brazil's Juciel Lima Nascimento, 20-9-1 (14).

Coggi had climbed to the top of the heap with a superb unanimous decision over longtime South American kingpin Carlos Wilfredo Vilches last November while Nascimento was coming way up in weight following his failed bid at the IBF international Feather crown against Frenchman Cyril Thomas last August.

On the undercard, Yesica Yolanda Bopp, 8-0 (3), retained her Interim WBA Female Light Flyweight title with a wide ten round points decision against Mexico's Jessica Chavez, 6-2-2 (1). 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...