Saturday night at the Coliseíto Pedrín Zorrilla in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Brooklyn-based heavyweight Pryce Taylor kept his undefeated record intact with a near-shutout 10-round unanimous decision victory over Mexico’s Issac Muñoz.
Fighting live on the debut broadcast of Wynn Records Network, and presented by Universal Promotions and Salita Promotions, in association with Wynn Records, Taylor, 13-0 (8 KOs), controlled from the outset and landed the harder shots.
Taylor, who showboated throughout the bout, used his height and reach advantage to dictate the pace and frustrate the veteran Munoz, 18-3-1 (15 KOs), whose only previous losses came against top American heavyweights Jermain Franklin Jr. and Richard Torrez Jr.
The bout was scored 98-92, 98-92, 97-93.
In the co-featured contest, undefeated challenger Litzy Vazquez dethroned defending champion Edith Soledad Matthysse to capture the Women’s WBA Interim super-lightweight world title via majority decision in a competitive, back-and-forth fight.
45-year-old Matthysse, 21-17-1 (4 KOs), came forward in her typical aggressive fashion but, by using her superior movement and utilizing her reach advantage over Matthysse, 24-year-old Vazquez, 9-0 (6 KOs), fought well off her back foot and pocketed the first three rounds on all three judges’ scorecards.
The ninth and 10th rounds featured the best action, with Vazquez struggling to contain the hard-charging Matthysse. Fighting at close range in back-and-forth action that brought the crowd to its feet, both fighters traded shots until the closing bell.
The judges’ scores were 95-95, overruled by two identical tallies of 98-92.
