BOXING: QUILES DOMINATES BUT IS UNIMPRESSIVE IN WIN.Byline: Daily News Ricky Quiles, always full of potential but relatively inactive, didn't have a breakthrough Thursday at the Country Club in Reseda. Quiles retained his relatively meaningless WBF WBF World Bridge Federation WBF World Batch Forum WBF World Boxing Federation WBF World Bodybuilding Federation WBF Wood-Burning Fireplace WBF World Burn Foundation WBF Washington Biotechnology Foundation WBF Water-Based Drilling Fluid super lightweight super lightweight n. See junior welterweight. title by outpointing tough but marginally talented journeyman Francisco Mendez over 12 rounds. However, Quiles (28-2-1, eight KOs) hardly looked like a contender for a major title. He displayed his solid boxing skills, but once again his lack of power was evident. Mendez (12-14, seven KOs) was never fazed faze tr.v. fazed, faz·ing, faz·es To disrupt the composure of; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass. [Middle English fesen, to drive away, frighten by Quiles' punches and continually threw his own to frustrate the champion. Quiles landed more solid blows and wore down Mendez to gain the decision. Quiles was awarded two knockdowns, but Mendez was never seriously hurt. In other fights: Cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. Victor Ortiz Vixtor Ortíz (b. 1987,January 31 in Liberal, Kansas ) is a US-American boxer touted as a 140/147lbs prospect. Amateur Ortíz is a righthander who nevertheless chooses to fight from a southpaw stance."I’m naturally righthanded. Everything I do is righthanded. of Simi Valley stopped Joaquin Felix at 1:49 of the fourth round; Juan Lazcano won by TKO over Olegario De Leon at 2:43 of the fourth round of a super lightweight bout; and Sal Garcia (2-0-2) stopped Santana Baez (1-9-1) at 1:40 of the second round of a featherweight bout.Reggie Miller had to pull out of a scheduled light heavyweight bout with contender Chris Johnson because he failed complete medical testing. |
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