Francisco Lorenzo of the Dominican Republic won the interim WBC super featherweight title after Mexican Humberto Soto was disqualified by referee Joe Cortez.

Soto punished Lorenzo right from the start and downed Lorenzo twice in the fourth round, but, according to the referee, the fighter from Tijuana, in the second knockdown, continued to hit Lorenzo when the latter was already going down.

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Cortez and other ring officials spent several minutes consulting each other before disqualifying Soto.

The controversial win improved Lorenzo’s record to 33-4, while the loss dropped Soto to 43-7-2.

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