ANA “Hurricane” JULATON RETAINS HER WBO Female Super Bantamweight TITLE

Ana “Hurricane” Julaton has retained her WBO Female super bantamweight title with a comfortable win over Jessica Villafranca in Yucatan, Mexico on Saturday. 

All three judges had the 31 year old Julaton the winner with Levi Martinez scoring it 97-92, Victor Salomon 96-93 and Alejandro Lopez Cid 98-91 despite the fact that referee Miguel Angel Canul deducted a point from Julaton in round six for holding and hitting behind the head. 

With the win the popular Daly City based Filipina improved to 10-2-1 with 1 knockout while the 18 year old Villafranca dropped to -12-4 with 6 knockouts. 

Julaton won the vacant title with a split ten round decision over Maria Elena Villalobos on June 30, 2010. This was her second title defense and her fourth victory since losing to Lisa Brown in a lopsided decision on March 27, 2010. 

Villalobos was coming off a loss to Kaliesha West in a WBO Female bantamweight title fight last August 20. 

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NIETES SET FOR APRIL 9 FIGHT

Philippines - Donnie ‘Ahas’ Nietes officially invades the light flyweight division when he tangles with Mexican Armando Vasquez in a 10-round non-title bout at the St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on April 9. Nietes going up in weight marks his bid to capture a second world title after reigning as World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight champion for almost four years. A victory by the 28-year-old Nietes, one of the top guns of the star-studded ALA boxing stable, against Vazquez would line him up for a shot at the WBO light-flyweight crown to be disputed by Mexican Ramon Garcia and Colombian Jesus Gelez on April 30

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