Super Middleweight contender Jeff Lacy had a swollen left eye and was tiring late in his bout with hard-hitting Epifanio Mendoza. Somehow he was able to muster the strength to come out in the 10th and final round and take the fight to his opponent.

Lacy dug deep late in the bout and came away with a 10 round majority decision victory over Mendoza before a sold out crowd of about 600 at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, CA.

The bout headlined a seven-bout card, presented by Golden Boy Promotions.

Lacy was coming off a lackluster 10 round unanimous decision over Peter Manfredo in his last bout. Taking time off to heal from a left shoulder injury, Lacy was eager to make a statement in his bout against Mendoza.

Lacy did not waste any time as he took the fight to Mendoza and landed a series of right hands that momentarily stunned Mendoza. To his credit, Mendoza did not back down and landed a series of right hands to the head.

Both traded right hands to the head in the second. Both fighters mocked one another as if to say that their punches had no effect. However, later in the round, Mendoza landed a right hand to the top of the head that staggered Lacy. On wobbly legs, Lacy held on and was able to come back strong, even stunning Mendoza with right hands.

Lacy continued to press the action and controlled the middle rounds by using his distance to land right hands to the head. Mendoza would attempt to counter with right hands to the head as Lacy came in. Mendoza would work to the body in attempt to slow down Lacy's offense.

The plan began to work as Lacy began to slow down and his punch output dropped. Mendoza began to take the initiative and press the action, landing right hands to the head of Lacy. Slowly, Lacy's left eye began to close, making it difficult to see.

Both fighters traded heavy shots in the eighth round. During an exchange, both fighters got tangled and tripped over one another onto the canvas. The back of Mendoza's head landed on the bottom rope that he did not fully recover from. As referee Jack Reiss gave Mendoza time to recover, Lacy used the time to re-energize as he looked tired.

Just when it looked as though Lacy was spent, he had enough energy to finish strong in the final round. The momentum that Mendoza had was out the window as he began to hold onto Lacy. Undeterred, Lacy pressed the action in the final round, taking the fight to Mendoza.

One judge scored the bout 95-95, while the remaining two judges scored the bout 97-93 and 96-94 for Lacy. Fightnews.com scored the bout 96-94 in favor of Lacy.

Afterwards, both had contrasting opinions about the result of the bout.

"I came to win and I showed that I was a real warrior," said Lacy, who has now won his third bout in a row after losing to Joe Calzaghe two years ago. "I came back pretty strong. He hit me with everything he had. I have been off for seven months and it took me a year to recover from my shoulder injury. I just keep getting better and better."

In a message to critics, Lacy stated, "If they say that I am finished, then tell them to watch this bout."

Mendoza felt that he should have had his arm raised in victory.

"I won the fight. He is saying that I hit him behind the head and below the belt. He was doing the same thing to me. This is embarrassing to the boxing public. They know that I won the fight."

Lacy, from St. Petersburg, FL, improves to 24-1, 17 KO's. Mendoza, from Valledupar, Colombia, falls to 28-6-1, 24 KO's.

In the co-feature bout, former Lightweight champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz stopped Miguel Munguia with a vicious body shot in the fifth round.

Munguia started the bout well, going straight at Santa Cruz. Munguia was able to land wild punches to the head and body. The shorter Munguia was able to get on the inside and work well against Santa Cruz.

It was Munguia's only round that he controlled as Santa Cruz took over in the second round. Santa Cruz dominated the action, keeping Munguia at a distance and was able to land consistently with right hands to the head.

Whereas Munguia attempted to get on the inside, Santa Cruz was able to set up his right hands with jabs to the head.

As the bout progressed, Santa Cruz landed more right hands to the head. Blood began to drip from Munguia's nose, but hung in there and was determined to get on the inside of Santa Cruz' defense.

In the fifth round, Santa Cruz landed a devastating left hook to the body. Munguia went down in pain due to the vicious punch. Referee Jack Reiss stopped the bout at 42 seconds.

Afterwards, Santa Cruz assessed his performance.

"I hit him in the body with the left," said Santa Cruz, who was the interim WBC Lightweight champion before losing the title to David Diaz almost two years ago. "I adjusted little by little during the bout. Although I have not been in the ring in a while, I feel that I did a good job."

WBO interim titleholder holds a controversial split decision victory over Santa Cruz. It is something that Santa Cruz has forgotten.

"I knew Casamayor was watching the bout. Everybody that saw our fight knows that I won. Too bad the judges didn't did not see it that way."

Santa Cruz, from Lincoln Heights, CA by way of Huatambo, Michoacán, Mexico, improves to 26-3, 14 KO's. Munguia, from Mexico City, DF, Mexico, falls to 16-13-1, 13 KO's.

Super Middleweight Daniel Jacobs remained unbeaten with a first round knockout over overmatched Sergio Rios in a six round scheduled bout.

Jacobs was too fast and too slick for Rios. Jacobs stayed on the outside and worked behind his jab.

Towards the end of the round, a right hand to the top of the head behind a jab dropped Rios flat onto his back. Rios lay there as referee Raul Caiz, Sr. counted him out at 2:46 of the round.

Jacobs, from Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, improves to 8-0, 8 KO's. Rios, from Oxnard, CA by way of Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico, falls to 18-9, 16 KO's.

Featherweight Carlos Velasquez scored a second round stoppage victory over David Vazquez in a scheduled six round bout.

The taller and stronger Velasquez attacked Vazquez, who was hoping to fight on the inside of Velasquez defense. As hard as he tried, Vazquez was simply overwhelmed by Velasquez.

In the second round, Velasquez landed a left hook to the head that staggered Vazquez. Velasquez followed up and had Vazquez reeling against the ropes. A right cross to the head of Vazquez wobbled him, where the ring ropes held him up. Referee Raul Caiz, Sr. immediately stepped in and stopped the bout at 1:12 of the round.

Velasquez, from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, improves to 8-0, 7 KO's. Vazquez, from Blythe, CA, falls to 17-13-3, 10 KO's.

Heavyweight Seth Mitchell remained unbeaten, dropping Henry Namauu twice in scoring a first round stoppage victory in a scheduled four round bout.

Namauu, who took the fight on one day's notice, boxed well against the hard-hitting Mitchell. Namauu snuck in a few counter right hands against the taller Mitchell.

However, Mitchell landed a right cross on the chin of Namauu, dropping him to the canvas. Namauu stood up at five and bravely fought back. However, another right hand by Mitchell dropped him again, prompting an immediate stoppage by referee Raul Caiz, Sr. Time of the stoppage was 1:30 of the round.

Mitchell, from Brandywine, MD, improves to 4-0-1, 3 KO's. Namauu, from Las Vegas, NV, falls to 2-2, 1 KO.

Featherweight Juan Velasquez scored a second round technical knockout over Edison Morillo when Murillo was unable to continue after an accidental foul he committed.

During an exchange, Velasquez went in for a body punch. At the same time, Morillo pulled down the back of the head of Velasquez. The resulting punch by Velasquez was slightly below the belt ad Morillo went down.

Morillo was down, but not visibly hurt. Referee Jack Reiss asked if was able to continue, but Murillo was not able to. Because it was an accidental foul committed by Morillo, Reiss waved the fight over and declared Velasquez the winner.

Velasquez, from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, goes to 9-0, 5 KO's. Morillo, from La Vega, Dominican Republic, falls to 12-6-2, 1 KO.

In the walkout bout of the evening, Super Bantamweight Kaleisha West stopped Elizabeth Cervantes in the first round of a scheduled six round bout.

A counter right hand to the head of Cervantes that dropped her to the canvas. Referee called an immediate halt to the action at 55 seconds.

West, from nearby Moreno Valley, CA, goes to 10-0, 2 KO's. Cervantes, from Lakeside, CA by way of Durango, Durango, Mexico, falls to 2-9, 1 KO.