IN BRIEF : Salud Defends Super-Bantam Title
<i> From Times wire service</i> s
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii —
Jesus Salud successfully staged the first defense of his North American Boxing Federation super-bantamweight title Thursday night by knocking out Gil Contreras at 2:08 in the second round.
Contreras, 23, of Ft. Worth, Tex., had little chance after he went down earlier in the second round of the outdoor bout held at Ward Field. Salud, 26, of Nanakuli, Hawaii, forced a mandatory eight count as he kept Contreras on the ropes, then scored the knockout with a left hook.
Salud raised his record to 28-3, with 16 knockouts, while Contreras fell to 16-7.
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