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BILOXI, Miss. - Undefeated Timothy Bradley successfully defended his WBC super lightweight title Saturday night, outpointing Edner Cherry in a decisive unanimous decision in a Showtime card at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

Bradley (23-0) had winning scores of 119-109, 118-109 and 117-110.

The 25-year-old Bradley, from, Palm Springs, Calif., was making the first defence of the title he took from Junior Witter on May 10.

"I listened to my corner and got behind my jab," Bradley said. "That set up my big punches and enabled me to take control."

Midway through the eighth round, Bradley floored Cherry with a flush overhand right to the face. Cherry regrouped, but could not gain any momentum against the champion.

"That's my James Toney right hand," Bradley said. "He rolls with the shoulder and comes back with the right. It was just a good punch."

The 26-year-old Cherry, from the Bahamas, dropped to 24-6-2.

"Bradley is a tough fighter," Cherry said. "He is slick and has good head movement. He's a true champion and he came to fight."

Earlier, unified world lightweight champion Nate Campbell's scheduled bout with Joan Guzman was called off in an unusual chain of events.

Guzman went to his promoters about four hours before the bout and said he wasn't feeling well enough to fight.

Guzman weighed in at 138 1/2 pounds Friday, more than three pounds heavier the 135-pound benchmark. Guzman was given a two-hour grace period to re-weigh in, but he never returned to the scale.

"I did all that I could to make it happen," Campbell said. "I said that I'd fight him no matter what he'd weigh in at. At the end of the day, I thought it was important to me to make the fight stay together."

Campbell's IBF, WBA and WBO championship belts would not have been on the line if he had fought. Guzman (28-0) vacated his WBO junior lightweight crown for the opportunity to fight Campbell (32-5-1).