Title Fight Results (Apr. 4)

Timothy Bradley survived 2 knockdowns in the first and the last round and won by unanimous decision over Kendall Holt. Bradley is now the unified 140-lb. titleholder by keeping his WBC Super Lightweight and dethroning Holt from his WBO Junior Welterweight belt. Bradley's consistent pitbull-like attack took Holt out of his gameplan. By the middle rounds, the body shots obviously took its toll on Holt and was throwing lesser jabs. Bradley's in tremendous shape which allowed him to withstand the knockdowns specially the one in the first that if it was any other boxer, the fight would've been over. Bradley is mandated by the WBC to defend his titles in his next fight against the #1 contender as part of his arrangement in postponing his mandatory for this unification bout. The very likely challenger will be Devon Alexander. Besides, with titleholders and marquee names in the division busy the next 3 months Bradley has no choice but to defend against his mandatory. ESPN; Boxing Scene; Fight News

Venezuela's Edwin Valero wins his second division title by stopping Colombia's Antonio Pitalua in the usual Valero manner. A TKO in the 2nd gives Valero his 25th win in as many knockouts. Valero is the new WBC Lightweight titleholder. With the way the first round was going, I felt like Pitalua will survive a few rounds than I expected. In the start of the second, the Valero we're accustomed to came out and a short right shocked Pitalua. Pitalua was obviously wobbly getting up. Valero smelled blood and the onslaught continued with Pitalua going down and barely standing up for the second time. Another Valero blitz then the referee finally stopped the fight with Pitalua obviously no chance of finishing the round vertical. A unification fight against Juan Manuel Marquez will be a fight fan's wish unless Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaeffer gets what he wants (see ESPN article below). Anyway, it's still a possibility depending on how things shape up with the Pacquiao-Hatton fight and the Mayweather comeback. If all 3 snobs Marquez then Valero and the fight fans might get their wish. ESPN; Boxing Scene; Fight News

Edgar Sosa of Mexico easily outclassed Thailand's Pornsawan Porpramook and successfully defended his WBC Light Flyweight title via TKO in the 4th. This is Sosa's 8th defense of what was a vacant title he won against Brian Viloria. I did not see the fight so I don't have any opinion but based on reports it was practically a walk in the park for Sosa. Boxing Scene; Fight News

For the third time, Raul Garcia's defense of his IBF Mini Flyweight title against Ronald Barrera is rescheduled again to Apr. 11. I already have my DVR set up early in the week because of the simultaneous title fights last night. In fact, it was listed on Azteca America in the guide clearly indicating that it is the Garcia-Barrera fight. Well, the reason according to FightNews.com was television commitments. Anyway, hopefully Azteca America still carries it next week since there are no other title fights scheduled for that weekend.

Prediction Results:
Bradley indeed won by decision.
Valero indeed won his second division title by stoppage.
Sosa indeed stopped the Thai early.

That's 3 more to my running score of 17-0 and a draw. The streak is still on.
Tally changes shows Bradley with 2 titles and Venezuela climbing up to 10th tied with 6 others.

As of Apr. 5, 2009

Rank	Country	No. of Titles	Title Holders
1st	USA	10	Andre Berto - WBC147 Timothy Bradley - WBC140;WBO140 Chad Dawson - IBF175 Vernon Forrest - WBC154 Steven Luevano - WBO126 Shane Mosley - WBA147 Kelly Pavlik - WBC160;WBO160;Ring160
2nd	Mexico	9	Cristobal Cruz - IBF126 Raul Garcia - IBF105 Juan Manuel Marquez - Ring135;WBA135;WBO135 Ulises Solis - IBF108 Edgar Sosa - WBC108 Humberto Soto - WBC130 Israel Vazquez - Ring122
3rd	Puerto Rico	7	Ivan Calderon - WBO108;Ring108 Miguel Cotto - WBO147 Jose Lopez - WBO115 Juan Manuel Lopez - WBO122 Roman Martinez - WBO130 Daniel Santos - WBA154
4th	Ukraine	5	Sergiy Dzinziruk - WBO154 Vitali Klitschko - WBC200+ Wladimir Klitschko - IBF200+;WBO200+ Andreas Kotelnik - WBA140
5th (3 are tied)	Armenia	4	Arthur Abraham - IBF160 Vic Darchinyan - WBA115;WBC115;IBF115
5th (3 are tied)	Japan	4	Takahiro Aoh - WBC126 Hozumi Hasegawa - WBC118 Daisuke Naito - WBC112 Toshiaki Nishioka - WBC122
5th (3 are tied)	Panama	4	Celestino Caballero - WBA122;IBF122 Guillermo Jones - WBA200 Anselmo Moreno - WBA118
8th (2 are tied)	Argentina	3	Hugo Hernan Garay - WBA175 Omar Andres Narvaez - WBO112 Victor Emilio Ramirez - WBO200
8th (2 are tied)	Philippines	3	Nonito Donaire - IBF112 Donnie Nietes - WBO105 Gerry Peñalosa - WBO118
10th (7 are tied)	Ghana	2	Joseph Agbeko - IBF118 Joshua Clottey - IBF147
10th (7 are tied)	Hungary	2	Karoly Balzsay - WBO168 Zsolt Erdei - WBO175
10th (7 are tied)	Poland	2	Tomasz Adamek - IBF200;Ring200
10th (7 are tied)	Romania	2	Lucian Bute - IBF168 Adrian Diaconu - WBC175
10th (7 are tied)	Thailand	2	Denkaosan Kaovichit - WBA112 Oleydong Sithsamerchai - WBC105
10th (7 are tied)	UK	2	Carl Froch - WBC168 Ricky Hatton - Ring140
10th (7 are tied)	Venezuela	2	Jorge Linares - WBA130 Edwin Valero - WBC135
17th (9 are tied)	Colombia	1	Juan Urango - IBF140
17th (9 are tied)	Denmark	1	Mikkel Kessler - WBA168
17th (9 are tied)	Germany	1	Felix Sturm - WBA160
17th (9 are tied)	Indonesia	1	Chris John - WBA126
17th (9 are tied)	Italy	1	Giacobbe Fragomeni - WBC200
17th (9 are tied)	Nicaragua	1	Roman Gonzalez - WBA105
17th (9 are tied)	Russia	1	Nikolay Valuev - WBA200+(co)
17th (9 are tied)	South Africa	1	Cassius Baloyi - IBF130
17th (9 are tied)	Uzbekistan	1	Ruslan Chagaev - WBA200+(co)