BOXING: CASAMAYOR WINS IN A SPLIT.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Perhaps justice was served Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12,000 seat indoor arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is part of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. It has hosted in the past top-rank boxing and UFC events, as well as concerts with artists like Destiny's Child and Shakira. in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Joel Casamayor, using many years of ring savvy and taking full advantage of an at-times listless (programming) listless - In functional programming, a property of a function which allows it to be combined with other functions in a way that eliminates intermediate data structures, especially lists. Diego ``Chico'' Corrales, won a split decision over Corrales to win the World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of lightweight championship. Casamayor won by scores of 116-111 and 115-112 on the respective scorecards of Adalaide Byrd and Nobuaki Uratani. The third judge, Jerry Roth, scored Corrales the winner, 114-113. The Daily News scored the fight for Casamayor, 116-112. Corrales lost the WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. belt on the scales when he did not make 135- pound weight limit Friday, coming in first at 139 1/2, then at 139. Had Corrales defeated Casamayor, the title would have remained vacant. ``Thank God the judges saw it this way. I was concerned when it went to a decision, but I knew they would not take this one away,'' Casamayor said. --Robert Morales Valuev stops Barrett to retain WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access title: Undefeated Nikolai Valuev retained the WBA heavyweight championship Saturday night, stopping Monte Barrett in the 11th round. The largest heavyweight champion ever, the 7-foot, 328-pound Valuev (45-0, 33 knockouts) knocked down Barrett twice in the 11th, and the fight was stopped 2:12 into the round after a left jab left the challenger glassy-eyed and staggering against the ropes. ``This victory wasn't easy,'' Valuev said. ``Monte really tried hard.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Joel Casamayor, right, lands a right to Diego Corrales during their WBC lightweight championship fight in Las Vegas. Laura Rauch/Associated Press |
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