By Jim Dower: 34-year-old welterweight Roberto Garcia (35-3, 23 KO’s) had his way with Victor Cayo (32-3, 23 KO’s) in beating him up and stopping him in the 6th round on Thursday night at the Hialeah Park Race Track, in Hialeah, Florida, USA. Garcia hurt Cayo in the 6th round with a big left hook to the head after trapping him against the ropes.
Garcia then hit Cayo with a right to the head that caused him to stumble sideways along the ropes. Referee Telis Assimenios then stepped in and halted the fight at 2:38 of the round. To his credit, Garcia could have hit Cayo with a finishing shot while he was defenseless, but he held back and let the referee step in and waive off the fight. Cayo was cut badly over the right eye from a head-butt in the 4th round.
By Jim Dower: Light welterweight Emmanuel Taylor (17-1, 12 KO’s) pulled off an upset on Friday night in defeating the more experienced and much busier #10 IBF Victor Cayo (31-4, 22 KO’s) in the 8th round at the Resorts Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
By Dan Ambrose: Light welterweight contender Victor Cayo (31-3, 22 KO’s) will be facing the hard hitting Colombian Breidis Prescott (26-4, 20 KO’s) next month on March 8th on ESPN2, according to promoter Sampson Lewkowicz. Both Cayo and Prescott have seen their stock drop in the past few years in losing important fights.