Walters hands Marriaga first loss

By Héctor Villarreal

Panamanian super featherweight Eric Walters (12-3-1, 6 KOs) dominated almost every round and dropped previously undefeated Colombian Eduar Marriaga (12-1, 9 KOs) in round four to claim the WBA Fedecentro championship on the main event of the Zona Box 2 card at Los Andes Mall in San Miguelito, Panama.

Walters used his reach and speed to edge an aggressive Marriaga in almost all the 9 rounds to win a unanimous decision with two scorecards of 88-82 and a 90-80.

Colombian Wilner Soto (21-4, 12 KOs) stopped formerly world ranked Julio Escudero (16-8-1, 11 KOs) on his way to winning the WBA Fedecentro super bantamweight belt.

On an entertaining match of local welterweights, Jesus Arboleda (11-3, 5 KOs) escaped with a split decision on six rounds over Addir Sanchez (11-19-2, 6 KOs).