Shocker! Rojas Defeats Budler

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Shocker! Rojas Defeats Budler
All three judges saw it 115-113. Byron Rojas is the new WBA Super World minimumweight champion. (Photo: Courtesy)

Shocker! Rojas Defeats Budler

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Shocker! Rojas Defeats Budler
All three judges saw it 115-113. Byron Rojas is the new WBA Super World minimumweight champion. (Photo: Courtesy)

All three judges saw it 115-113. Byron Rojas is the new WBA Super World minimumweight champion. (Photo: Courtesy)
All three judges saw it 115-113. Byron Rojas is the new WBA Super World minimumweight champion. (Photo: Courtesy)

Saturday night at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa, WBA Super World minimumweight champion Hekkie Budler (29-2, 9 KOs), the iron-jawed spark plug from Johannesburg, lost his title on the scorecards to Byron Rojas (17-2-3, 8 KOs), the hungry underdog from Matagalpa, Nicaragua.

All three judges saw it 115-113.

Formerly ranked #8 by the WBA, unknown and unheralded Byron Rojas is the new WBA Super World minimumweight champion.

Budler had five successful defenses of the title. He had not lost a fight in five years.

But tonight in South Africa, Hekki Budler got bettered.

Byron Rojas, the Nicaraguan, hit harder and more often.

This article was penned by the author who is not related to the WBA and the statements, expressions or opinions referenced herein are that of the author alone and not the WBA.


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