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Torres makes the best of a puzzling situation

Albuquerque welterweight defeats 'weird' Valenzuela; Cabral captures title belt

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Josh Torres never quite solved the boxing jigsaw puzzle that is Jose Valenzuela.

Nonetheless, let the record show that in the 40th fight of the Albuquerque welterweight鈥檚 sterling pro career, he won every round on all three scorecards in defeating Mexico鈥檚 Valenzuela by unanimous eight-round decision Friday night at the Embassy Suites.

The Torres-Valenzuela fight, the main event of a five-bout Legacy Promotions card, was somewhat anticlimactic coming after fellow Albuquerquean Cristian Cabral鈥檚 exciting victory over Martin Sollano in an eight-round bout for the UBO Intercontinental middleweight title. Valenzuela鈥檚 awkwardness and human-knuckleball defensive style made for a tedious eight rounds.

Afterward, Torres (31-7-2, 17 knockouts) said he believed he鈥檇 made the best of a difficult situation.

鈥(Valenzuela) was awkward, man. He was weird,鈥 Torres said. 鈥淪winging with his head down, it was hard to land clean. But we landed the cleaner shots.

鈥淗e was grazing with blows that were landing on his end, but we dug deep and we did what we had to do to win.鈥

Valenzuela (4-29-4), a boxing cipher who almost never wins but almost always makes it to the final bell, was a late-replacement opponent in a fight that was to have been for the UBO welterweight title. Mexico鈥檚 Alejandro Frias (21-13-2), the original opponent, withdrew, citing a shoulder injury.

Because of the change and in observation of Valenzuela鈥檚 record, the title status was removed

鈥淚t was very frustrating,鈥 Torres said, 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 not what we prepared for. You prepare for something for months, and to have it change like that last minute, it鈥檚 mind-blogging and it threw me for a loop.

鈥淏ut we dug deep and we did what we had to do.鈥

All three judges scored the bout 80-72, a shutout. The Journal scored it 79-73, giving Valenzuela the first round.

In the co-main event, Cabral, knocked down in the fourth round, took the fight to Sollano the rest of the way in claiming the UBO title belt.

The judges scored the bout 76-75, 77-74 and 77-74, the two-point round awarded to Sollano in the fourth making the scores closer than they otherwise would have been.

鈥淚t felt great,鈥 Cabral said in a phone interview Saturday morning, of having the UBO belt wrapped around his waist. 鈥淚鈥檝e been working for that since I was with (coach Ray Zamora) in the amateurs. It鈥檚 been a long journey.鈥

Of the knockdown, Cabral said he wasn鈥檛 sure whether he鈥檇 been caught with a left or a right. Cabral had been in control, belaboring Sollano on the ropes, when a counter shot put him on the canvas. 

He got to his feet almost immediately. 

鈥淚t was a flash knockdown,鈥 Cabral said. 鈥淚 got a little lazy and got caught.鈥

Cabral was hit with a low blow in the seventh round, taking most of the allotted five minutes to  recover, the round ended seconds later.

Cristian "El Puma" Cabral celebrates as he's fitted with the UBO Intercontinental middleweight title belt after defeating Martin Sollano on Friday at the Embassy Suites.

The Journal鈥檚 card read 77-73 for Cabral (12-2-2, five KOs).

Sollano, a native of Mexico who lives and trains in Amarillo, Texas, lost for the first time as a pro. He鈥檚 5-1 with three knockouts.

San Felipe Pueblo鈥檚 Clinton Chavez, Cabral鈥檚 friend and sparring partner, weathered several low blows delivered by opponent Wesley Vanderlinden to win by unanimous decision in a six-round middleweight bout.

Vanderlinden鈥檚 relentless pressure earned him the first round on the Journal鈥檚 scorecard, but Chavez鈥檚 superior boxing skills gradually turned the tide.

Referee Allen Dominguez twice penalized Vanderlinden one point for low blows, once in the second round and again in the third.

The judges鈥 scorecards read 57-55, 59-53 and 58-54, all for Chavez. The Journal saw it 59-53.

Chavez improved his record to 10-2 with six KOs. Vanderlinden, of Simi Valley, California, is 4-4 with four KOs.

In a lightweight bout, German Orpineda Ponce defeated Mexican countryman David Bedai Quiros by unanimous decision in a four-round lightweight bout. The scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 40-35, one judge awarding Orpineda (2-0, one KO) a two-point round for sheer dominance in the absence of a knockdown.

In the first bout of the night, Albuquerque鈥檚 Shaun Henson (3-6, three KOs) defeated Jovan Sauceda of Mexico by second-round knockout.

Sauceda, who accepted the bout with less than a day鈥檚 notice, is 0-2.