Mexican boxer Eduardo Ramirez was pounding his gloves in frustration as he desperately chased and invited Filipino fighter Mark Magsayo to an all-out brawl in hopes of salvaging the fight in the last 10 seconds of the final round.

But the Filipino was not biting into the bait, knowing full well that he had demonstrated a better, more prolific, and cleaner work, and he only needed to avoid any lucky punch from his Mexican counterpart to win the match.

Magsayo looked wiser and more confident in the ring as he wore down Eduardo Ramirez to score a convincing unanimous decision victory in their 10-round World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 16 (Manila time).

The former world featherweight champion had all of three judges scoring a lopsided count in his favor, with two having identical 97-92 tallies on the scorecards while the other had a 99-90 result to wrest the vacant WBA Inter-Continental super featherweight belt.

Fighting for only his second match in the 130 lbs division since moving up from the featherweight class, the 28-year-old pug out of Tagbilaran City was dominant in the contest, highlighted by a wicked right straight that sent Ramirez down for the count in the third frame.

The 36-year-old Mexican southpaw did beat the count and tried to press the fight on Magsayo in the next few rounds in an effort to make up for the earlier knockdown but he was held back and punished by a slew of whistling body shots from the Filipino.

Magsayo improved to a 26-2 record with 17 knockouts after the victory which should also allow him to move further up the WBA super featherweight rankings where he currently sits at the sixth spot.

Ramirez, on the other hand, fell to a 28-4 (13 KOs) slate.

“It’s a great fight for me. Eduardo is a good fighter,” said Magsayo whose body shots obviously had taken the wind out of Ramirez midway through the contest.

Ramirez tried his best to put up a fight in the eighth and ninth round but he was visibly overwhelmed by the punishment from Magsayo. He even tumbled out of exhaustion in the 10th and stayed on the canvas flat on his back before he was forced to stand up and finish the fight.