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Rafael's remark: Berto was sort of in a no-win situation. If he struggled with Urango, some would criticize him for having problems with a smaller, slower man. If he routed him, well, that was what was expected. That being the case, at least Berto, 25, did what he had to do: Win. And he won big, easily dominating Urango, a junior welterweight titleholder from Colombia and based in Miami, who moved up one division for a crack at Berto's belt.

Berto, who is from Winter Haven, Fla., but was fighting in his home state for only the second time as a professional, is immensely talented and has as much speed as anyone in boxing. He was able to rip off four- or five-punch combinations before Urango, 28, even knew what was happening. He gave Urango angles all night, frustrated him with movement and used his jab well. Although the judges gave Urango a few rounds along the way, it was basically a shutout. But Berto had this nasty habit of holding a bit too much. If he could dispense with that, it would be appreciated. He didn't hold at all in his last fight and won a close decision against former titleholder Luis Collazo in January in a thrilling slugfest. So even though Berto's performance against Urango was nowhere near as entertaining as his fight with Collazo -- the fans were booing at times during this fight -- it's hard to be hard on a guy who thoroughly dismantled Urango, a southpaw and a quality fighter whose only previous loss came in a junior welterweight championship fight against Ricky Hatton in January 2007. Urango simply could not deal with Berto's speed and had utterly no clue how to go about cutting off the ring on him.

The big question about Berto now is: What's next? He doesn't quite measure up yet for a huge fight with someone like Shane Mosley or Miguel Cotto. Ideally, he will give Collazo a much-deserved rematch. They have some unfinished business. After that, maybe a seriously big fight will come Berto's way. As for Urango, this was a free shot at Berto. With the loss, he'll move back to 140 pounds and go about his business of defending the junior welterweight belt he won in January against Herman Ngoudjo.

Rafael's remark: It seems as though Angulo -- nicknamed "Perro" or "The Dog" -- bit off a bit more than he could chew. After moving extremely fast through his first 15 fights, his momentum ground to a halt as he was outboxed by Cintron, a former welterweight titlist who fought one of his best fights. Angulo made things entertaining by coming forward and really coming on strong late in the fight when Cintron, who annoyingly fought too often moving backward, clearly started to tire. But give Cintron credit for hanging on for the decision and reviving his career after being written off by many following his second knockout loss to Antonio Margarito and February's gift draw against Sergio Martinez in which Martinez was robbed of a knockout victory and then of a decision victory in the same fight.

Angulo, a 2004 Mexican Olympian, came into the fight with much promise and having knocked out 11 opponents in a row. Many viewed him as perhaps Mexico's next big attraction, somebody who could follow in the footsteps of Julio Cesar Chavez or Erik Morales as a hero to Mexican and Mexican-American fans. Even though Angulo lost, it shouldn't hurt him too much even if it does strip away the precious zero on his record. He still fought bravely. He was just a bit too green for someone of Cintron's experience level.

Cintron started fast and put a lot of the early rounds in the bank. He landed some terrific right hands, including one that buzzed Angulo in the fourth round. Cintron probably would have done more damage with his right hand had he not thrown so many of them off his back foot while moving away from Angulo. Plant down and throw! However, even if many of Cintron's shots didn't come with full steam behind them, Angulo displayed a solid chin to take as much leather as he did. In the end, Cintron was just too busy for Angulo. He landed 316 of 1,094 punches (29 percent), according to CompuBox. That's tremendous output for a welterweight. Angulo wasn't so shabby, either, connecting on 277 of 957 punches (also 29 percent), many in the last few rounds when he made his charge.

The victory made Cintron the mandatory challenger for titleholder Martinez, so it's possible we may wind up with a Martinez-Cintron rematch, a fight that there would be exceedingly little interest in. But with the political nonsense that goes on in boxing, we may be stuck with it. Cintron also said he would consider a return to welterweight for the right fight. Angulo needs to shake off the loss and get back in the gym. If anything, he probably learned an awful lot. There was a swirl of talk that he had been ill during the week, which was supposedly why he missed most of the pre-fight promotional activities and didn't arrive at the Hard Rock resort until the day before the fight. His team isn't talking about it, but at least they don't appear to be making excuses for the loss, either.

Rafael's remark: In February, Mack won a tight split decision against Chris Henry in a good fight on ESPN2. The mild upset put Mack in the mix for a notable fight. After the win against Henry, Mack signed with promoter Lou DiBella and was fighting under DiBella's banner for the first time when he stopped Abron. The win was Mack's fifth in a row since being knocked out by Librado Andrade in the seventh round in October 2007 and subsequently moving up in weight. Mack, 29, knocked Abron down and then knocked him through the ropes before the fight was called off. In a thin light heavyweight division, Mack could certainly get an opportunity for a bigger fight. It's no surprise Mack won with relative ease. Abron, 36, has become an opponent. Including a wickedly undeserved light heavyweight title shot against Zsolt Erdei in April 2008, this was Abron's fourth consecutive loss, the third by knockout.

Rafael's remark: Trailing on all three scorecards heading into the final round of this fast-paced fight, Perez, a California-based Colombian fighting in Mabuza's home country, scored the comeback victory with the knockout he needed. After the 11th round, Perez's corner suspected he was behind and told him he was losing. "I knew I had to throw decisive shots and try to knock him out," Perez said. That's just what he did. Perez dropped Mabuza, who was fighting for the first time in a year, with a right hand followed by a jab. Although Mabuza made it to his feet, Perez was landing shots during the follow-up attack and referee Kenny Chevalier stepped in to call off the fight at 1:06. The victory earned Perez, 30, a mandatory shot at the winner of the July 11 fight between titleholder Joseph Agbeko and Vic Darchinyan. If Darchinyan beats Agbeko, it ought to be quite easy to make Darchinyan-Perez because Gary Shaw promotes Darchinyan and co-promotes Perez. Mabuza, 31, has been a perennial contender but faltered in his biggest fights. His other two defeats came via TKO in title challenges against then-bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez in 2005 and 2006.

Rafael's remark: Sithsamerchai, 23, of Thailand, made his third defense against former titleholder Rachman, 37, of Indonesia, who has lost three of his past four. Rachman was coming off a loss in March so it boggles the mind as to why he would be approved for a world title fight, but what do you expect from the WBC? Accidental head butts in the seventh round and the 11th round left Rachman cut and he was unable to continue, sending the fight to the scorecards for a technical decision. Under the WBC's goofy rule, an uncut fighter loses points when the other fighter is cut because of an accidental clash of heads. So Sithsamerchai, a southpaw, lost points, but it turned out not to make a difference because he had opened a wide lead.

Rafael's remark: In a terrific slugfest, Mundine outpointed his Australian countryman by the slimmest of margins in a split decision. The difference in the fight, which featured tremendous punch output from both men, turned out to be a second-round knockdown that Mundine, 34, authored. Mundine dropped Geale, 28, moments into the round with a left hand. Besides that knockdown, it was a nip-and-tuck all the way as Geale gave as good as he got from Mundine, who won his third in a row since dropping from super middleweight, where he once had a title, to middleweight. After the victory, Mundine's 13th in a row since a lopsided defeat to Mikkel Kessler in 2005, Mundine called out for fights with middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik or titleholder Felix Sturm.