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Donaire knocks out replacement Vargas in 3rd |
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Nonito Donaire knocked out last-minute replacement Manuel Vargas in the third round of their fight Saturday night.
Donaire controlled the bout throughout before flooring Vargas for good with a solid right uppercut at 1:33 in the third.
"It was a matter of relaxing and working my game plan," Donaire said….read on for more…
"I went side to side, leading with the jab, then landed that hard uppercut."
Donaire, the WBA interim super flyweight champion, was scheduled to fight Gerson Guerrero. But Guerrero failed his pre-fight physical, paving the way for Vargas.
"It was a crazy week," Donaire said. "It didn't matter who I fought, I simply tried to figure him out."
On the undercard, WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel knocked out Ciso Morales at 2:06 of the first round with two devastating body shots. Morales hit the canvas in obvious pain and was unable to beat the count.
Eric Morel earned a split-decision victory against Gerry Penalosa in a WBO interim bantamweight title fight. The judges scored it 115-113 and 116-112 in favor of Morel and 115-113 for Penalosa.
Bernabe Concepcion won an unanimous decision over Mario Santiago, and Jose Benavidez, Matt Korobov and Diego Magdaleno also were winners on the undercard.
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