TORRES LOSES FOURTH STRAIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 07 May 2007
Journeyman Vernie Torres, the former Philippine and USBA super flyweight champion has lost his fourth fight in a row, this time to undefeated Mike ?Machine Gun? Oliver at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
The 27 year Oliver dominated the fight before an accidental head-butt opened up a nasty cut on the forehead of Torres. At the time of the stoppage all three judges had Oliver ahead, Richard Flaherty and George DeGabriel had Oliver in front 79-72 while the third judge Glen Feldman had Oliver the winner 78-73.
Oliver, a southpaw improved to 19-0 with 7 knockouts while the 33 year old Torres dropped to 27-10 with 15 knockouts. Torres had earlier lost all his three fights last year by unanimous decisions.
At the height of his career Torres was regarded as a possible world champion and won the USBA super flyweight title on November 8, 2003 with an impressive twelve round decision over Miguel del Valle.
Oliver on the other hand won the USBA super bantamweight crown on October 28 last year with a unanimous twelve round decision over Adam Carrera.
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