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In a shocking upset, Mexico’s Fernando Montiel unseated reigning WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa today at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo. Montiel, who had previously held the WBO flyweight and super fly titles, moved up to 118 pounds in 2008, capturing the WBO bantam strap in February by defeating Cisco Morales …

The Hilton in Las Vegas saw a big night of boxing last night with one world title bout and two interim world clashes on tap. Super flyweight Nonito Donaire, 23-1 (15), saw his 22 bout win streak continue with an explosive third round KO of Manuel Vargas, 26-5-1 (11), who …