Notice Oscar Valdez holds title in slugfest with Miguel Marriaga

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    Oscar Valdez found himself challenged, hurt and gassed in the latest classic StubHub Center fight Saturday night.

    All of that was rather new to the featherweight champion.

    What didn’t change was the World Boxing Organization belt around his waist.

    In a bout scored not as close as it appeared, Valdez (22-0) made his second successful title defense in an entertaining, combative triumph over Colombia’s Miguel Marriaga.

    The bout was a slugfest that brought the crowd of 5,419 to its feet, punctuated by the 10th round, when Marriaga (25-2) battered Valdez with a flurry of punches before Valdez unleashed a hard punch to the right jaw that knocked down Marriaga, who struggled to convince referee Jack Reiss not to stop the fight.

    Judges Julie Lederman (119-108), Zachary Young (116-111) and Steve Morrow (118-109) awarded Valdez the decision by a margin that didn’t seem to reflect the substantial welt on the right side of Valdez’s face or the way he labored at the close of the 11th.

    Read http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-boxing-valdez-ramirez-20170422-story.html
     

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