By Francisco Salazar of FightNews at ringside / Photo by Big Joe Miranda
WBO junior welterweight champion and hometown hero Timothy Bradley Jr. (25-0, 11 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten WBO interim junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa, in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Bradley dropped Peterson in round three with a right hand and overcame a game effort by Peterson to win by scores of 118-110, 119-108, 120-107.
WBC/WBA super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan (33-2-1, 26 KOs) scored a spectacular second round KO over WBC interim super flyweight champion Tomas Rojas (32-11-1, 22 KOs). A good action fight ended when Darchinyan connected with a straight left that put Rojas down for the count at the 2:54 mark.