Colombian Canchila wins 108-pound belt
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LAS VEGAS (AP)—Colombia’s Cesar Canchila rallied for a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Giovani Segura on Saturday night, winning the WBA’s interim 108-pound belt on the undercard of Miguel Cotto’s welterweight bout with Antonio Margarito.
Denver’s Mike Alvarado remained unbeaten with a fourth-round knockout of Cesar Bazan at the MGM Grand Garden, and rising Filipino prospect Bernabe Concepcion also stopped Adam Carrera in the third round.
Segura (19-1-1), a Mexican who fights out of the Los Angeles suburbs, opened with two outstanding rounds in the first big fight of his career, chasing his Colombian opponent around the ring before dropping him dramatically in the second.
The knockdown only seemed to infuriate Canchila (27-1, 21 KOs), who regained his legs and gradually tilted the fight in his direction over the middle rounds before both fighters staggered to the final bell. All three judges comfortably favored Canchila, a 26-year-old boxer who had never fought outside Colombia.
Colombian Canchila wins 108-pound belt
