BOXING

• Gamboa, Lopez score victories at MSG

  
  

  New York, NY (Sports Network) - Yuriorkis Gamboa and Juan Manuel Lopez notched victories in title fights Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

  Gamboa knocked out Rogers Mtagwa at 2:35 of the second round to retain his WBA world featherweight title. Gamboa (17-0, 15 KOs) floored Mtagwa (26-14-2) once late in the first round and two more times in the second before referee Steve Smoger counted out the challenger.

  Lopez (28-0, 25 KOs) scored a seventh-round TKO to dethrone WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano (37-2-1). Referee Benjy Esteves Jr. called a halt to the bout 44 seconds into the round.

  01/24 01:28:07 ET