Adelaida Ruiz crowned WBC Silver champion

WBC Press

Adelaida Ruiz (9-0-1, 4 KO’s) from Los Angeles scored a ninth-round knockout over Nancy Franco De Alba (19-14-2, 5 KO’s), winning the vacant WBC Silver super flyweight title Saturday night at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera, California.

Ruiz was pouring on the attack upon De Alba, so Referee Raul Caiz Sr. stopped the fight at 1:20 of the ninth.

Super featherweight Tenochtitlán Nava (8-2-1 1 KO) and Adrián Leyva (2-2-1) of Cuba fought to a draw. Nava and Leyva scrapped it out for the entirety of the fight, to go the distance. The Judges scored the bout 40-36, 39-37, and 38-38.
Women’s middleweight Maricela Cornejo won a unanimous decision over Miranda Barber. Cornejo was productive working her way to a decision over a tough Miranda Barber. All three Judges scored the bout 60-54.