Andy Vences remains unbeaten with technical decision over Casey Ramos

LAS VEGAS - Somebody's 0 had to go.

And because of a nasty gash under his left eye caused by an accidental headbutt, that somebody ended up being Casey Ramos.

In a battle of unbeaten fighters, Andy Vences won a technical decision over Ramos when the ring doctor stopped the fight at 1:12 of the ninth round of their 10-round super featherweight bout at Treasure Island.

Referee Vic Drakulich stopped the action to let the ring doctor check Ramos' cut, and he was deemed unfit to continue.

At the time, Vences led on the cards by scores of 87-84, 86-85 and 88-83. With the victory, the San Jose, Calif. fighter improved to 17-0 with 11 KOs, while Ramos, out of Austin, Texas, lost for the first time in 24 fights.

A slow start that looked more like a technical boxing match turned into a toe-to-toe slugging match in the middle rounds. Vences, who had a 2 1/2-inch height advantage and five-inch reach advantage, and held the edge in fans in the audience in the TI ballroom who chanted "An-dy, An-dy" throughout the bout, was the busier fighter and seemed to land the harder, cleaner punches.

Undercard: In an eight-round welterweight slugfest, Mexican-born Alex Saucedo remained undefeated with a hard-fought unanimous decision over Philadelphia's Ray Serrano. Saucedo, trained by Abel Sanchez, who trains middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin, won by scores of 77-74 twice annd 76-75. Saucedo scored a knockdown in the second round that looked more like a slip or stumble by Serrano, but Saucedo pressed the action most of the fight.

(Photo of Ramos, left, and Vences by Top Rank)