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 full of excitement and joy…
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 to the ring against former…
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, including 37 of 58 (64…