Christian Medina W12 Adrien Curiel.... Christian Medina backed up his WBO bantamweight triumph last year with a first defense on home soil as he triumphed against Adrien Curiel. Medina thrilled the Guadalajara crowd, coasting to a unanimous decision at the city's Domo Alcalde across a dozen rounds to retain his belt. Medina won the all-Mexiacn battle by divergent scores of 120-108, 116-112, 115-113. Medina, who stunned Yoshiki Takei in Nagoya back in September to wrestle the strap away from the Japanese talent, had been tipped for success here. Curiel is a former IBF light flyweight champion, but is not highly regarded, and was at least two weight classes above his best. Medina controlled the bulk of their encounter, unlocking straight head-body switch combinations to soften his rival up and pin him back. A crunching right in the eighth round offered a potential opening to finish him off, though Curiel rallied to reach the final bell.