Valero racks up another first round stoppage

03/01/2007

Valero racks up another first round stoppage

Edwin Valero TKO1 Michael Lozada... Venezuela's Edwin Valero further built his status as boxing's top current knockout artist, stopping unqualified challenger Michael Lozada in the first round to retain the WBA super featherweight title. Valero, making the first defense of the title he won last August, beat Lozada with a technical knockout in the first round of their bout in Tokyo. Valero, who is medically banned from boxing in the United States due to a past head injury suffered in a motorcycle accident, now has an astonishing record of improved to 21-0, with 18 first-round knockouts and 20 knockouts overall.  Lozada's brief moment of notoriety is over, and at 29-4-2, he will slip back into anonymity. All of his wins and even some of his losses came against stooges, yet he was sanctioned in this mismatch. source: associated press   photo: http://sports.yahoo.com/box/photo?slug=r1044863066&prov=reuters

Cristian Mijares TKO10 Katsushige Kawashima... In a later bout on the Tokyo card, Cristian Mijares confirmed his status as a top challenger in the 115-pound division with a second road win over ex-WBC titlist Katsushige Kawashima. Mijares won by a technical knockout in the 10th round less than four months after beating Kawashima by split decision, also in Japan. In between, Mijares, now 30-3-2, also beat decent Reynaldo Lopez in a tune-up. Mijares owns the WBC interim title but the WBC title was recenetly vacated by Masamori Tokuyama, who wants a 118-pount title fight.  Kawashima's record fell to 30-6. source: associated press
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