Four-time world champion Joel Casamayor of Cuba and three-time champ Zab Judah of the US both earned victories in their returns to the ring on Friday.
Casamayor won a unanimous decision over American Jason Davis, with all three judges scoring the super-lightweight bout 79-73. In the co-main event, Judah stopped Mexican Ubaldo Hernandez in the second round.
Judah floored Hernandez twice late in the first round and sent him to the canvas again early in the second with a hard body shot.
Referee Joe Cortez stopped the fight 35 seconds into the round.
The 38-year old Casamayor paced himself throughout the first five rounds of his fight before taking control.
Casamayor is now looking for a title shot.
“I felt real good,” he said. “I haven’t fought in a year. I’m an old school fighter and I’m ready for anyone.”
On the undercard, current WBC light heavyweight champion Ron Johnson’s fight with fellow American Dumont Welliver was called a no contest because of an accidental clash of heads early in the second round.
Mexico’s Salvador Sanchez, nephew of the featherweight champion of the same name, earned a unanimous decision victory compatriot Jose Pacheco.
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