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Saturday, May 2, 2015 - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA BLUE / AZUL (10 Rounds - Welterweight) RED / ROJA Vs. ADRIAN GRANADOS - 147 Solomon W10m BRAD SOLOMON - 146 Chicago, IL (11-2-2, 7 KOs) (96-94 x2 & 94-96) Lafayette, LA (24-0, 9 KOs) TRUNKS: Black w/Silver, 25, 5’9", 74" TRUNKS: Black w/White, 31, 5'11", 72" CORNER: George Hernandez, Buddy McGirt CORNER: Varice Cooper, James Montanacordoba Jose Granados John David Jackson, Herman Harris (10 Rounds - USBA, NABO & NABF, Jr.) SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE MIKE JIMENEZ - 168 Vs. JESSE HART - 166 Chicago, IL (17-0, 11 KOs) Hart T6 (2:13) Philadelphia, PA (16-0, 13 KOs) TRUNKS: Black w/Silver, 27, 6’1", 72.5" TRUNKS: Blue w/White, 25, 6'3", 77.5" CORNER: Ernie Zavala, George Hernandez CORNER: Eugene Hart, Fred Jenkins Peter George, Julian Jimenez Danny Davis, Corey McDonald (10 Rounds - Super Welterweight) Vs. SAID EL-HARRAK - 154 Pearson W10 CHRISTOPHER PEARSON - 154 Henderson, NV (12-2-2, 7 KOs) (98-92, 99-91 x2) Trotwood, OH (11-0, 9 KOs) TRUNKS: Black, 27, 5’11”, ___ TRUNKS: Black w/Gold, 24, 5’10”, 72” CORNER: Eric Brown, Mike Criscio CORNER: Alfred Mitchell, Lou Duvell Anthony Huizar Andrew O’Neil (12 Rounds - WBO Featherweight Title) Vs. GAMALIER RODRIGUEZ - 126 Lomachenko K9 (:50) VASYL LOMACHENKO - 125.5 Bayamon, P.R. (25-2-3, 17 KOs) Odessa, UKR (3-1, 1 ) TRUNKS: Black w/White, 28, 5'7.5", 69” TRUNKS: Blue w/Yellow, 26, 5'7", 65.5" CORNER: Juan Ocasio, Jose Cuadrado CORNER: Anatoliy Lomachenko, Russ Anber Joel Rodriguez, Wilfredo Rivera Cicilio Flores, Andriy Kolosov (10 Rounds - Featherweight) Vs. JOSE CAYETANO - 125.5 Santa Cruz W10 LEO SANTA CRUZ - 124.5 Tijuana, MEX (17-3, 8 KOs) (100-90 x3) Rosemead, CA (29-0-1, 17 KOs) TRUNKS: Black w/Mx Flag, __, __, ___ TRUNKS: Blue w/White, 26, 5’7.5”, 69” CORNER: Ismael Ramirez, Mauricio Sanchez CORNER: Jose Santa Cruz, Andres Rios Aldo Barba Antonio Santa Cruz, Ramon Morales (12 Rounds - WBC, WBO & WBA ) WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FLOYD MAYWEATHER, JR. - 146 Vs. MANNY PACQUIAO - 145 Las Vegas, NV (47-0, 26 KOs) Sarangani Province, PHI (57-5-2, 38 KOs) TRUNKS: ______________, 38, 5’8", 72" Mayweather W12 TRUNKS: Yellow w/Red, 35, 5'6", 67" CORNER: Floyd Maywesther, Sr., Rafael Garcia (118-110, 116-112 x2) CORNER: Freddie Roach, Miguel Diaz Nate Jones, Bob Ware Buboy Fernandez, Justin Fortune.

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