On the undercard, champion Jorge Arce retained the WBC light flyweight title with a third-round technical knockout of Mexican compatriot Augustin Luna.

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His ultimate fight would be Mexican Juan Diaz, who added the WBO lightweight title to his WBA and IBF belts after a technical knockout against Brazil's Acelino Freitas in April last year.

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