Barrios batters Ugas to win interim WBC welterweight title
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LAS VEGAS — Mario Barrios dropped Yordenis Ugas twice, busted up his surgically repaired right eye and won a unanimous decision to claim the vacant WBC interim welterweight title in a career-best victory on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
The judges had it 118-107, 118-107 and 117-108 for Barrios in one of the Showtime PPV fights on the Canelo Alvarez-Jermell Charlo undercard.
“All the work we put in out here in Las Vegas getting ready, it paid off. I was super excited and I’m blessed to be in this position,” Barrios said.
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