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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Fabián Maidana wore Boca Juniors Shield on his chest while entering the ring to fight Mario Barrios in Las Vegas.
Mario Barrios wasn’t great, but he was good enough.
The welterweight contender dropped and defeated a defense-minded Fabian Maidana by a unanimous decision in a 12 round fight on the Canelo Alvarez-Jaime Munguia card Saturday in Las Vegas.
All three official judges had the same score, 116-111, eight rounds to four.
Neither fighter was particularly active. Barrios (29-2, 18 KOs) stalked Maidana (22-3, 16 KOs) for most of the fight but his feet were busier than his hands, as he threw mostly single punches.
In his most recent fight, the 28-year-old clinched a unanimous decision win over Yordenis Ugas to capture the WBC interim welterweight title.On the other hand, Maidana (22-2) is yet to win a major world title. However, has captured the WBC Latino welterweight title during his career. In his most recent fight, the 31-year-old claimed a unanimous decision win over Israel Lopez to retain his WBC belt.
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