Torres captures vacant WBO strap, hands Mighty Mike first loss!

By G. Leon

18/11/2006

Torres captures vacant WBO strap, hands Mighty Mike first loss!

Ricardo Torres W12 Mike Arnaoutis... Heavy handed junior welterweight Ricardo Torres captured the vacant WBO 140 pound title via razor thin split-decision in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight. After he had outworked Arnaoutis for much of the first half of the fight, a perfectly placed right hook sent Torres crashing to the canvas in round seven. Torres beat the count and managed to survive the round. Then Arnaoutis inexplicably took his foot off the gas in rounds eight, nine and ten and allowed Torres to get right back into the fight.  Aranoutis appeared to win the final two rounds but fell just short on the judges cards. Official scores were  114-113 Arnaoutis, 116-111 Torres, 114-113 Torres.  Boxingtalk's G. Leon scored the fight 114-113 Arnaoutis.