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FLORES PLAYS IT CAUTIOUSLY IN NARROW VICTORY.


Byline: Michael Rosenthal Daily News Staff Writer

Shibata Flores Flores, town, Guatemala
Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the
 narrowly outpointed Augustin Renteria in a six-round junior middleweight junior middleweight
n. In both senses also called super welterweight.
1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 154 pounds (69.3 kilograms), between welterweight and middleweight.

2.
 bout before about 400 spectators Wednesday night at the Warner Center Marriott.

Flores (31-3, with 19 knockouts) fought cautiously - almost too cautiously - against an opponent believed to be overmatched. But Flores did enough to win a split decision as Renteria's record dropped to 7-14-3.

Neither fighter went down or was hurt.

The main event, between Rodney Toney and Armando Campas, was scheduled to begin after the Flores-Renteria bout.

In four-round preliminaries, Robert Galstyan of North Hollywood (3-0) stopped Paul Jones Paul Jones can refer to:
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  • John Paul Jones (musician), bassist for the band Led Zeppelin
  • Paul Jones (singer), BBC Radio 2 DJ & singer
  • Paul Jones (footballer), a goalkeeper who has played for Wolves and Southampton
 (0-3) at 2:01 of the third round in a light heavyweight light heavyweight
n.
1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 175 pounds (78.7 kilograms), between super middleweight and cruiserweight.

2. A boxer competing in this weight division.

3.
 bout. Heavyweight Joe Pudar stopped Rick Phillips at 2:01 of the first round.

Junior welterweights Jimmy Nakahara (8-1-2, 3 KOs) and Bryan Cimicata (1-4-1) fought to a draw. Danny Perez, making his pro debut, outpointed Art Marcelo (1-1) in a junior welterweight bout. And featherweight Abraham Febles, the younger brother Wiki is aware of the following uses of "'Younger Brother":
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  • Younger Brother (Trinity House) - a title within the British organisation, Trinity House
 of former world champ Jorge Paez, and Oscar Zamora (2-1-1) fought to a draw. Febles was making his pro debut.
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jan 25, 1996
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