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In a battle of former world champions, San Antonio’s Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (28-2, 18 KOs) scored two knockdowns and earned the Interim WBC Welterweight Title with an impressive unanimous decision (117-108, 118-107 twice) over Cuba’s Yordenis Ugas (27-6, 12 KOs) in their pay-per-view undercard attraction. “I’m sore but I’m …

Ask any fighter “what’s worse, a KO from a bodyshot or getting knocked out?” Almost every fighter will tell you they’ll take anything but the body shot. Mario Barrios didn’t get the message, because over his career he’s serving a cold dish of bruised livers on the regular. Barrios returns …

Mario Barrios knocked out his seventh consecutive opponent as the San Antonio native stopped Mexico’s Richard Zamora after a barrage of Barrios punches landed cleanly and dazed the game Zamora. With noted trained Virgil Hunter in his corner, the accurate Barrios landed a staggering 59 percent of his power punches, …