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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Mikey Garcia stopped defending champion Rocky Martinez 56 seconds into the eighth round Saturday night to take the WBO junior lightweight title. Vans Old Skool Saldi . The 25-year-old Garcia, from Oxnard, Calif., floored Martinez with an uppercut, sending the Puerto Rican fighter to the canvas for the first time in his career. "I thought it was a very good punch when I landed it," Garcia said. "I felt I really hurt him, enough to where he wouldnt get up. I had a feeling it would be over after I connected." Garcia improved to 33-0 with his 28th knockout. Martinez dropped to 27-2-2. After falling down with 15 seconds left in the second round, Garcia weathered through five mostly calm rounds at American Bank Center before launching his attack in the sixth. Garcia finished the seventh round by connecting on a right uppercut and, with many in the crowd of 5,124 cheering him, ended it in the eighth. "I felt his power from the very first punch," said the 30-year-old Martinez, whose last bout was a 12-round split decision in April against previously undefeated Diego Magdaleno. "Hes a strong fighter. I knew I was fighting a high quality opponent and I knew when I knocked him down the first time that he wasnt hurt." The two fighters were on the same card Jan. 19 in New York when Garcia won the WBO world featherweight title with an eight-round technical decision over Orlando Salido, and Martinez held on to his junior lightweight belt with a draw against Juan Burgos. Garcia was stripped of his featherweight title in June, when he failed to make weight for a defence against Juan Manuel Lopez. On Friday, Garcia weighed in a quarter-pound under the 130-pound limit. Martinez connected on only 14 per cent of his punches, including 10 per cent of his jabs. Garcia, who came into the fight in the rare position of both challenger and favourite, connected on nearly half of his 127 power punches, which included the 16th knockout punch in his last 18 fights. In the final three rounds, Garcia landed 52 punches to Martinezs eight. The bout was the main event on a nine-match slate. In a rematch of a 2007 fight in Bridgeport, Conn., 37-year-old Vic Darchinyan seemed ready avenge the loss that cost him the IBF flyweight title, but 31-year-old Filipino star Nonito Donaire floored him twice in the eighth round. Donaire improved to 32-2 with his 20th knockout, and Darchinyan fell to 39-6-1 "We were doing great up until that point," Darchinyan said. "I felt I was winning the fight. He caught me with a few shots and thats just the way it goes." Donaire connected on more than half of his power punches. He had surgery on his right shoulder after his most recent fight, a loss by decision to Guillermo Rigondeaux. "Vic hit me hard and it felt like he broke my jaw earlier in the fight and all I was thinking was, Im going to lose," Donaire said. "But I continued fighting and found an opportunity to land a great shot." Demetrius Andrade, from Providence, R.I., won the vacant WBO junior middleweight title, outpointing Armenian-born Vanes Martirosyan in a split decision. Andrade improved to 20-0, and Martirosyan dropped to 33-1-1. "We stuck to our game plan, which was jab, jab, jab," Andrade said. "We werent prepared for the fast knockdown and we had to play a little catch-up after that." In the first featured fight, Jamaicas Nicholas Walters (23-0, 19 KOs) claimed the WBA featherweight title with a fourth-round technical knockout of Mexicos Alberto Garza (25-6-1). Vans Old Skool Scontate . -- Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana agreed Tuesday to a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles as he tries to come back from the second major operation on his left shoulder. Vans Old Skool Vendita Online . - Jerome Verrier scored the winner 8:24 into overtime and Louis-Phillip Guindon stopped 46 shots as the Drummondville Voltigeurs edged the host Val-dOr Foreurs 4-3 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. http://www.oldskooloutlet.it/ . With a victory seemingly slipping away late in the third quarter, his quick scoring flurry helped Golden State regain control early in the fourth.Rejuvenated Rangers will be looking to complete a treble in the Scottish Cup final on Saturday - live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 2pm - against an Hibernian side whose sole focus will be on laying a 114-year hoodoo to rest. Mark Warburtons reshaped side already have the Petrofac Training Cup and Ladbrokes Championship trophy on the sideboard and, like Hibs, have the additional carrot of a ticket to the Europa League qualifiers if they prevail on Saturday. Rangers Dominic Ball is suspended after picking up a yellow card in the semi-final win over Celtic and Harry Forrester is out injured while Billy King and Michael OHalloran are cup-tied. Hibs can count on the support of one of Scotlands most famous sporting families Martyn Waghorn returned from three months out in the final game of the season at St Mirren, and the 28-goal striker is sure to be a key figure in Warburtons pre-match planning. He is likely to be given a pivotal role in attack alongside Kenny Miler and Barrie McKay. Rangers Martyn Waghorn will have a key role to play for his side Rangers have not played a competitive game for three weeks although they did enjoy a work-out in a bounce game at Tottenhams Enfield training centre last week. Hibs will look to end a run of 10 Scottish Cup final defeats stretching back to 1902 when they play Rangers This weekends match is only their second appearance together in the final after 1979s three-game saga, eventually won by Rangers 3-2 following a second replay. Rangers manager Mark Warburton says winning the Scottish Cup this season would be a bonus after achieving promotion On a day rich with possibility, the 131st final is the first time two sides from outside of the top flight have met in the national showpiece. The clubs have locked horns five times this season; Rangers hold a 3-2 advantage in the head-to-head and they have shared 23 goals so it all points to an entertaining encounter this afternoon. Hibernian manager Alan Stubbs says his side are determined to win the final after losing in the playoffs last week Hibs agonising play-off loss to Falkirk may have consigned them to a third successive season in the Championship, but it did afford them a nine-day break ahead of this game, their 53rd of a gruelling season. Two of the players from the 1979 Scottish Cup final look back at the three games it took to separate Hibs and Rangers The season began last July with a 6-2 Challenge Cup defeat by Rangers and they will be looking to go one better than they did in the League Cup final against Ross County in March, a last-minute Alex Schalk goal sealing Countys win. Old Skool Outlet Italia. Former Leicester goalkeeper Conrad Logan hopes some of his old teams luck rubs off on him when he plays for Hibernian The weight of history will be on their shoulders as they have lost 10 finals since they last tasted success in the competition in 1902. Hibs 25-goal striker Jason Cummings has a fine record against Rangers - but will he start? Many of their fans will be pinning their hopes on talisman Jason Cummings, who has a fine record against Rangers - eight goals in the past two seasons - but manager Alan Stubbs says he is not guaranteed a start. Rangers winning the Scottish Cup would be a perfect end to a great season, according to Kenny Miller He told the Evening News: I want players who are going into the game in form. Jason got left out on Friday against Falkirk, it was just a call I went with. The fact that James Keatings scored twice has done him no harm whatsoever. Keeper Conrad Logan (centre) was Hibs hero in the Cup semi-final win over Dundee United Was it justified or not? Other people can decide that, but on the day I felt it was the right decision. Rangers assistant boss David Weir says he has no concerns about his players fitness going into the Scottish Cup final The loss of five goals in two matches against Falkirk may prompt Stubbs to turn back to Mark Oxley ahead of semi-final hero Conrad Logan in goal. Hibernians Fraser Fyvie was part of the Wigan squad who shocked Manchester City to win the FA Cup in 2013, and he thinks Hibs can lift the Scottish Cup Midfield schemer Dylan McGeouch is also back in contention having struggled with a groin problem recently. Nicky Clark could add a third medal to an already successful season if Rangers beat Hibs ' ' '