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EARLY RESULTS FROM LAS VEGAS: DATO LOSES TO CONTRERAS

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Contreras drops Dato.

Below are the off-TV undercard results of the Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas WBA welterweight championship at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila).

John Dato of Bangar, La Union was dropped by his Mexican opponent Angel Antonio Contreras in the third round en route to a unanimous decision loss in their 8-round featherweight contest.

Scores: Max DeLuca 78-73, Patricia Morse Jarman 77-74 and Dave Moretti 77-74 all in favor of Contreras.

Dato absorbed his first loss and dropped to 14-1-1, 9KOs while Contreras improved his record to 11-4-2, 6KOs.

Other results:

10 rounds lightweight

Frank Martin (14-0-0, 10KOs) of Inidanapolis, Indiana UD10 Ryan Kielczweski (30-6-0, 11KOs) of Quincy, Mass.

Scores: Tim Cheatham 100-90, Chris Migliore 100-90 and Don Trella 100-90.

8 rounds lightweight

Jose Valenzuela (9-0-0, 6KOs) of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico TKO4 Donte Strayhorn (12-4-0, 4KOs) of Las Vegas, NV

4 rounds heavyweight

Steven Torres (5-0-0, 5KOs) of Reading, Penn. TKO1 Justin Rolfe (6-3-1, 4KOs) of Fairfield, Maine.

6 rounds super middleweight

Burly Brooks (6-2-1, 5KOs) of Dallas, Texas DRAW with Cameron Sevilla Rivera (9-6-4, 6KOs) of Fife, Washington

Scores: Chris Migliore 56-58, Richard Ocasio 59-55 and David Sutherland 57-57.

4 rounds lightweight

Mickel Spencer (debut) of Linden, Michigan won by UD over Eliseo Villalobos (1-1-0) of Simi Valley, CA

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