Undefeated WBA #2, IBF #14 light-weight Floyd “Child Austin” Schofield Jr. (18-0, 12 KOs) got here off the canvas to win a twelve spherical unanimous choice over Rene “El Bravo” Tellez Girón (20-4, 13 KOs) on Saturday night time at The Theater at Virgin Accommodations in Las Vegas. Girón briefly staggered Schofield in spherical three, however total Schofield was principally in cost. Giron dropped Schofield in spherical eleven however Schofield recovered and completed the struggle. Scores had been 118-109, 118-109, 116-111.
“I really feel good. It was my first time going 12 rounds, particularly with a fighter that wasn’t going to again down,” mentioned Schofield afterward. “It was a shot to the again of the pinnacle. I form of turned my head, so he took the shot. I simply needed to stand up, I’m not going to stop. (Speaking concerning the knock down) I give myself a B+ solely as a result of I went 12 rounds with a fighter that had a variety of energy. He’s , tough, tugged fighter that wouldn’t again down.”
In a WBA tremendous middleweight eliminator, Bektemir “Bek Bully” Melikuziev (15-1, 10 KOs) scored a tough fought twelve spherical break up choice over David “Dynamite” Stevens (14-2, 10 KOs). Scores had been 116-112 for Stevens and 118-110, 117-111 for Melikuziev. Sadly for Bektemir, he missed weight yesterday and due to this fact is not going to reap the advantages of successful an eliminator.
In a historic conflict for the undisputed feminine flyweight championship, undefeated IBF champion Gabriela “Candy Poison” Fundora (15-0, 7 KOs) took the belts of WBA, WBC, WBO champion Gabriela “LA Chuky” Alaniz (15-2, 6 KOs) through seventh spherical knockout. Aggressive struggle till Fundora dropped Alaniz twice in spherical seven to finish it. Time was 1:40.
Defending his WBA Intercontinental tremendous middleweight title, undefeated Darius “DFG” Fulghum (13-0, 11 KOs) stopped Christopher Pearson (17-5-1, 12 KOs). Fulghum dropped Pearson in spherical one and punished Pearson till the bout was stopped by the referee in spherical three. Time was 1:02.
