The main event at El Palenque de la Feria in Tepic, Mexico featured a highly competitive WBO minimumweight title defense by Donnie Nietes. The Filipino visitor was given all he could handle by Interim WBO titlist Manuel Vargas but after twelve difficult rounds were completed, wildly diverged scores were announced. Vargas won one of the…
Two good fight cards tonight south of the border and we kick off this look with a big show at El Palenque de la Feria in Tepic. Headlining is WBO minimumweight champ Donnie Nietes, 24-1-3 (14), who puts his belt at risk for the third time by facing Manuel Vargas, 26-3-1 (11). Light middle prospect…
There weren’t any big shows this weekend but there was a good bit of action strung out across Central and South America and going alphabetically, we begin in Argentina. On Saturday at Club Atletico Adelante in Sante Fe, Alejandro Daniel Gomez, 9-16-3 (2), reversed last December’s loss to crosstown local rival Oscar Jesus Pereyra, 14-1…