Former super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (19-1, 13) and Mexico's Julio Ceja (32-4, 28 KOs) stood in the pocket and fought a close-quarters battle, neither giving and inch. That strategy did not play well for Ceja. Rigondeaux, a former Cuban Olympian, ended matters at 2:59 of the eighth round with a powerful left hook that detonated on Ceja's chin to score a TKO victory in the WBC super bantamweight title elimination match. "People were saying that I get on the bicycle and run a lot,'' Rigondeaux said. "Well that's not true so I wanted to show them I could fight in short distance and I wanted to get a couple of rounds in. Then that left hand came and ended the fight." Rigondeaux's punch landed cleanly, sending Ceja backwards on the seat of his pants. He got up to beat the count, but referee Russell Moore took one look into Ceja's eyes, which were crossed, and waved off the fight to give Rigondeaux a thrilling victory. "I knew I was going to catch him with the left, bu