Jesus Cuellar outpoints Jonathan Oquendo, retains featherweight title

— -- NEW YORK -- Featherweight titleholder Jesus Cuellar had an easy time with Jonathan Oquendo, easily outpointing him in a snoozer on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Fighting on the undercard of the all-Brooklyn middleweight title bout between Daniel Jacobs and Peter Quillin, Cuellar retained his secondary 126-pound belt for the second time, winning 120-107, 116-111 and 116-111. ESPN.com also scored the fight 120-107 for Cuellar.

"We worked very hard in the training camp. We knew he would be very difficult," Cuellar said. "I wanted a knockout, but because of the movement it was not possible."

Cuellar earned $200,000 for the fight, and Oquendo earned $100,000.

Cuellar, a southpaw, got off to a quick start. He went right after Oquendo, launching right hooks and straight left hands. Cuellar had Oquendo on the run as he walked him down in the third round.

In the fourth round, referee Ricky Gonzalez credited Cuellar (27-2, 21 KOs) with a knockdown when Oquendo (26-5, 16 KOs) went down. However, television replays showed that Oquendo tripped on Cuellar's foot.

Cuellar, 28, of Argentina, appeared to hurt Oquendo in the eighth round, landing a series of shots that backed him into the ropes as he opened a commanding lead.

It was a poor performance from Oquendo, 32, of Puerto Rico, who rarely engaged and spent a lot of the fight moving away from Cuellar.

Oquendo could not find the magic he did in his last fight, when he scored a career-best victory by majority decision against former titlist Jhonny Gonzalez on Sept. 12 on the Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto undercard.

According to CompuBox punch statistics, Cuellar landed 237 of 994 punches (24 percent), and Oquendo landed 167 of 639 (26 percent).

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