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Oscar Collazo retained his flyweight world titles in bizarre fashion after Jayson Vayson’s corner stopped the fight in the seventh round – much to the surprise of the Philippines fighter.<\/b><\/p>\n
With Vayson under pressure but competing gamely against Puerto Rico’s Collazo, his assistant trainer jumped on to the apron to prompt the referee to end the contest in Indio, California.<\/p>\n
Vayson walked back to his corner wearing a perplexed expression as whistles and boos rang out from equally baffled members of the crowd.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old said he had mixed feelings on the stoppage as Collazo, 28, retained his WBA and WBO belts.<\/p>\n
“My corner thought I was breaking. I wanted to fight. I respect the decision of the corner for the safety of the boxer,” said Vayson.<\/p>\n
Collazo knocked Vayson down in the first round, with the challenger doing some of his best work in the fourth – performing a number of body shots.<\/p>\n
When the fight was stopped, Collazo, who has won the first 13 fights of his career, was ahead on all three judges’ scorecards.<\/p>\n
In the co-main, American Gabriela Fundora stopped Canada’s Alexas Kubicki to retain her undisputed flyweight title.<\/p>\n
With Fundora continuing to deliver heavy punishment in the seventh round, the referee stopped the contest, extending the 23-year-old’s unbeaten record to 17.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n