Jesus Pimentel vs. Katsuo Saito
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Jesus Pimentel beat Katsuo Saito by TKO at 2:22 in round 8 of 10
- Date: 1966-10-26
- Location: Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Referee: Leonard Zuniga 67-66
- Judge: Henry Moreno 68-68
- Judge: Nat Fleischer 69-66
"Mexico's Jesus Pimental, the No. 1 challenger for the world's bantamweight championship, cemented his claim to that lofty position by demolishing Japan's Katsuo Saito, the No. 7 contender, with an 8th round TKO in the scheduled 10 round main event of Wednesday night's boxing show at Joe Freeman Coliseum. Pimental's thudding gloves floored the game Japanese three times in the 8th round to bring an automatic ending to a fight that had been a sizzler all the way. The end came at 2:22 of the 8th." -San Antonio Express
- Pimental was down in the 3rd round from a short right.