NIETES (CENTER)
A vintage Donnie “Ahas” Nietes schooled former world champion Edgar Sosa in route to pulling off a unanimous decision victory in the main event of “Pinoy Pride 38: Philippines Versus Mexico” held at the StubHub Center in Carson City, California yesterday.
All three judges scored fight at 120-108 for the two-division world champion Nietes, whose successful debut in the flyweight division netted him the WBO inter-continental flyweight title.
Nietes now has 39 wins, 22 of them by knockouts, one loss and four draws.
Sosa suffered his 10th loss with 52 wins (32KOs).
In the co-main event, “King” Arthur Villanueva stopped Mexican Juan Jimenez via a second round knockout to win the WBO Asia Pacific Bantamweight title.
The much-anticipated rematch saw Villanueva connecting on a counter right cross to the chin that floored Jimenez.
Jimenez failed to beat the referee’s count, sealing Villanueva’s win at the 2:20 mark of the second round.
Villanueva won via a controversial knockout over Jimenez last May in Bacolod City.
Villanueva improved his record to 30W-1L-0D-16KOs, while Jimenez dropped to 22-11-0, 15KOs.
Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo, on the other hand, won over last-minute replacement Ramiro Robles of Mexico via unanimous decision to retain his WBO International featherweight title.
Scores were 120-106,119-107 and 118-108.
Magsayo, who scored two knockdowns in the second and seventh round, stayed unbeaten in 15 fights spiked by 11 knockout wins.
Robles dropped to 13-6-1-8KOs.