"I felt better towards the end; I think I was connecting cleanly, but she was hitting very hard downstairs and this robbed me of speed and power at the start; then I got used to the power of her punches and began to connect with some of my own." [Santana]

"She was moaning a lot; my body shots hurt her, but she's a great fighter: she took it for ten rounds. I thought I'd be able to knock her out, which was in fact what I came prepared to do." [Torres]

"I'd like them to remember me as a great champion who came to Santo Domingo and put on a great show. She has a future but with some other champion. I think that although I wasn't able to put her on the canvas, I'm too strong for Dahiana. Against one of the other title holders, she might have more success," said the champion, whose weight of punch actually increased steadily as the fight wore on. [Torres had been training at altitude]

"I lost; the repeated postponements of the fight may have hurt me -- they interfere with your concentration -- but she's a great champion. OK, so she won today, but she and I will meet again. I hit her hard and I know that I can beat her next time. I think I put too much pressure on myself at the beginning, which was unnecessary."

Santana moved rapidly, jabbing constantly, but she hadn't the weight of punch to halt the advance of Torres, who harried her relentlessly with powerful right hands to the body

In one of the most applauded fights of the evening, Kitti Pamela Hernández overcame the veteran Grecia Nova.

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