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Ryan Burton @ ringside
09/01/2009
Cuban amateur champ improves to 3-0 as pro
Erislandy Lara TKO1 Rodrigo Aguilar... Erislandy Lara (3-0) stopped Rodrigo Aguilar (5-4) just before the end of the first round. With a raucous pro-Cuban crowd behind him, the former world amateur champ who twice fled Cuba kept landing body shots and overhands to Aguilar. Aguilar had a few seconds where he landed a some shots on Lara, but overall he was overmatched and was knocked down by a Lara one-two at the 2:59 mark of the first round. Referee Joe Cortez stopped the fight after Aguilar barely got back on his feet.