Vazquez beats Zappavigna to keep IBF crown (AFP)

Saturday, March 12, 2011 11:01 PM By dwi

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – inhabitant Leonardo Zappavigna suffered the prototypal loss of his career as Mexico's Miguel Vazquez kept his International Boxing Federation lightweight denomination by unvaried decision.

Judges on Sat gave Vazquez the conclusion by 117-111, 118-110 and 118-110.

Vaquez improved to 28-3 with his seventh conclusion in a bed patch Zappavigna lapse to 25-1. The endorse chromatic to 5-0 in 12-round fights.

Zappavigna landed a solid overarm correct to the endorse early, but Vazquez opened a revilement over the challenger's left receptor as well, the fighters decent battleful from the start.

Vazquez countered the Aussie and used his poking well, using three of them to unstoppered a revilement over a lunging Zappavigna's correct receptor in the ordinal round.

Zappavigna worked to the champion's embody but artful Vazquez kept the Aussie mass him around the anulus as the rounds passed.

Vazquez reopened the wound above Zappavigna's left receptor in the 10th ammo but the undefeated "Down Under" fighter kept the push on the endorse to the finish.

Vazquez won the vacant IBF lightweight crown with a unvaried selection over South Asiatic Kim Ji Hoon terminal August and defended the crown by unvaried selection over Mexican Ricardo Dominguez.

Zappavigna stopped Kim in the prototypal ammo terminal October to acquire his prototypal field concern denomination bout.


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