Coceres began opening up in the sixth, catching Berlanga with a stiff left hook. Rising super middleweight Edgar Berlanga (18-0, 16 KOs) survived the first knockdown of his career to remain unbeaten, winning a 10-round unanimous decision over Marcelo Esteban Coceres (30-3-1, 16 KOs).īerlanga controlled the first half of the bout, flashing his prodigious power, which ultimately closed Coceres’ right eye shut. In the second, a series of well-placed power shots drove Tereshkin toward the ropes where Anderson unloaded on his defenseless opponent until referee Kenny Bayless stepped in. Jared “Big Baby” Anderson (10-0, 10 KOs) continued his rapid rise up the heavyweight ranks, stopping veteran Vladimir Tereshkin (22-1-1, 12 KOs) at 2:51 of the second round.Īnderson dominated from the opening bell, landing at will. Referee Celestino Ruiz examined Kownacki as he warned him for the infraction and decided to halt the action. The steady hammering continued until the sixth, when Kownacki landed another low blow. The “Nordic Nightmare” took over from that point on, closing Kownacki’s left eye and bloodying his nose with thudding power shots. Kownacki came alive in the second and third, throwing punches in bunches, but earned a warning for two low blows that sank Helenius to his knees. Helenius used his height and length to box in the first, working the jab up and downstairs and briefly buckling Kownacki with a right toward the end of the stanza. In a rematch of their March 2020 slugfest, which Helenius won via fourth-round TKO, Helenius battered Kownacki throughout to induce a stoppage at 2:38 of the sixth round of their scheduled 12-round heavyweight encounter. Robert Helenius (31-3, 20 KOs) was even better against Adam Kownacki (20-2, 15 KOs) this time. A follow-up left hook which landed a tick after Ajagba’s knee hit the canvas and caused referee Mike Ortega to warn Helenius.Ījagba made it to his feet and survived the round but never seriously threatened on his way to the first defeat of his career. The “Cuban Flash” displayed his power as well, flooring Ajagba with a hard right in the seventh. Sánchez used his superior boxing skills to keep the hard-hitting Ajagba (15-1, 12 KOs) off-balance for the entire fight. In the co-main event battle between two unbeaten heavyweights, Frank Sánchez (19-0, 13 KOs) scored one knockdown on his way to a comfortable, 10-round unanimous decision win over Efe Ajagba. Referee Russell Mora mercifully rescued the brave warrior, ending the fight at 1:10 of the round. He was dropped again in the tenth from another Fury right and then a third and final time in the eleventh via a crunching right cross. The “Gypsy King” maintained his composure, digging to the body in close quarters. Wilder started strong in the fifth, blasting Fury with more rights. But just when it appeared that the fight was about to end, the “Bronze Bomber” uncorked a perfect short right followed by another, driving Fury to the mat.įury made it to his feet but was down again moments later when another Wilder flurry floored him. With Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) on unsteady legs in the fourth, Fury pounced, looking to finish him off. The game slugger from Tuscaloosa, Alabama rose to his feet, surviving the follow-up until the bell rang moments later. The action heated up in the third when a big Fury right sent Wilder tumbling to the canvas. A hard right toward the end of the round punctuated it for Fury, as did another in the second. The UK’s Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) scored three knockdowns in all, the final two in the eleventh frame, sending the raucous crowd of 15,820 into a frenzy.įury got off to a hot start in the first round, landing quick one-two’s while Wilder worked the jab to the body. In an incredible back-and-forth that included five knockdowns and countless exchanges, Tyson Fury retained his WBC Heavyweight World Title and lineal crown with an eleventh-round TKO win over former long-time champion Deontay Wilder in an ESPN+/FOX Sports pay-per-view live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS –- “The Gypsy King” still reigns.
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