Vasquez Jr remains undefeated and retains title with 10th round stoppage

In a fierce battle of undefeated super bantamweights, 25-year-old Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (19-0-1, 16 KO’s) gave a remarkable performance, stopping Hungarian Zsolt Bedak, 26, (15-1, 5 KO’s) at 1:12 in the tenth round to retain his WBO championship. Bedak, who holds 232 amateur fights to his credit along with a victory over Abner Mares at the 2004 Olympics, could not handle the crisp, precise punches of the lightning-quick Vazquez.

Vazquez had a minimal edge in round one, as his punches were slightly sharper. However, Bedak landed sound body punches late in the round.

Vazquez surprised Bedak with a rock-solid overhand right in round two. Still, Bedak answered with a hard left hook.Vazquez was busier and seemed to find his range.

Bedak connected with a big left hook in round three, but Vazquez took the punch well. Bedak also landed a hard overhand right and sharp right uppercut in close range. Clearly, Bedak landed the cleaner punches in the round.

Both men traded overhand rights in round four. Then, Bedak connected with a sweeping left hook. As the round progressed, Vazquez landed many right hand blows. Bedak sustained minor swelling on the left side of his head.

In the fifth round, Vazquez seriously hurt Bedak with a series of overhand rights. After absorbing the shots, Bedak, unloaded a massive left hook. Bedak kept charging Vazquez, although he was being struck by numerous punches.

Bedak displayed immense swelling around both eyes in round six. Yet, he opened the round by landing a right – left hook combination. On the other hand, Vazquez showed minor swelling under his right eye. Vazquez utilized his jab and lateral movement, as he continued to score with his shots.

Round seven was another highly competitive round with both fighters landing flush shots, however, Vazquez was able to inflict more damage with his blows.

Vazquez repeatedly delivered punishing overhand rights to Bedak’s head in the eighth round. Also, Vazquez got the better of Bedak yet again during the exchanges in round nine. Bedak landed some very accurate shots, but lacked the power to stun Vazquez.

At long last, Vazquez really hurt Bedak in round ten when Bedak walked into a crushing overhand right. Then, Vazquez threw a barrage of punches, and connected with a critical left hook to Bedak’s body. Next, Vazquez floored Bedak with a severe overhand right. Bedak got up, although his corner threw in the towel at 1:12.

Bedak proved he could take a solid punch, but he absorbed too many quality shots from Vazquez tonight.

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