Hatton result

Fast rising bantamweight prospect Randy Caballero retained his NABO title and took his unbeaten run to 16 fights on Friday night with a unanimous ten round victory over Manuel Roman.

Fighting in his hometown of Indio, California, Caballero sent his foe to the canvas with a quick combination in the second round before bossing the rest of the contest.

In the end the judges posted scores of 97-92 and 96-93 (twice).

21-year-old Caballero did his best work from range, snapping home jabs before following up with perfectly timed right crosses but often Roman would close the space and attempt to make things scrappy.

Roman, from Tijuana, Mexico, finished the bout strongly but never had enough in his arsenal to deal with Caballero's speed and accuracy.

On the same card, lightweight prospect Michael Perez had to clamber off the canvas in the final round to earn a split decision over Fidel Maldonado Jnr.

The win takes Perez's slate to 17 - 1 - 1 (10 KOs).

26/08/2012 13:16:47