Dennis Taylor  Gonzalez retains 108-pound title  Nicaraguan
Roman Gonzalez braved a hostile crowd at Plaza San Diego in
Puebla, Mexico, to win a competitive unanimous decision over
Manuel “Chango” Vargas in a junior flyweight main event that was
televised Saturday night by Fox Sports Espanol.  Gonzalez (28-0,
23 knockouts), known as “El Chocolate,” kept his WBA title belt
via two judges’ scorecards that read 116-112, and a third that
was 119-109.  The titleholder controlled the first half of the
fight, but Vargas (29-8-1, 13 KOs)rallied in the final four, the
highlight being a toe-to-toe slugfest that brought the crowd to
its feet in Round 9. The Mexican underdog matched Gonzalez punch
for punch in the final three rounds, backing him up for much of
that action, but Gonzalez employed a stick-and-move strategy to
win the 12th. In the co-feature, former lightweight title
challenger Ricardo Dominguez (33-7-2, 20 KOs) won a 10-round
split decision over Luis Antonio Arceo (23-11-3, 15 KOs).
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