Junior lightweight Juan Carlos Burgos of Tijuana upset previously undefeated Puerto Rican Luis Cruz Saturday on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, winnng a majority 10-round decision.
Burgos, 28-1 (19 knockouts) owed much of his big victory to a fast start, hurting Cruz, 19-1 (15 KO's), with a left hook in the first round and pressing the action through the first three rounds. Cruz found a rhythm in the middle rounds, but Burgos continued to land the bigger blows down the stretch.
Burgos won by scores of 97-93, 98-92 and 95-95.
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