71. In a junior lightweight title bout, Gabriel Ruelas, a former WBC super featherweight champion, will fight Troy Dorsey, a former IBF featherweight champ. 72. In another title bout, Mexican Cesar Bazan defeated challenger Hiroyuki Sakamoto of Japan and retained his WBC lightweight title in a unanimous decision. 73. In another undercard fight, George Scott beat Pete Taliaferro by decision to retain the WBU portion of the lightweight title. 74. In the first fight, unbeaten Shane Mosley will defend his IBF lightweight title against James Leija. 75. Jean-Baptiste Mendy of France won the vacant World Boxing Council lightweight title Saturday with a unanimous decision over Lamar Murphy of the United States. 76. It was his first defense of the junior lightweight title. 77. Joey Gamache finally gets another shot at the World Boxing Association lightweight title. 78. Julien Lorcy stopped veteran fighter Jean-Baptiste Mendy in the sixth round of an all-French bout on Saturday to win the WBA lightweight title. 79. James Crayton of Las Vegas successfully defended his WBA-North America lightweight title by stopping Jorge Luis Lopez of Mexico in the ninth round Friday night. 80. Lopez was a former IBF junior lightweight champion and WBA lightweight title holder. |