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David Benavidez survived a knockdown to beat David Morrell by unanimous resolution of their mild heavyweight grudge match in Las Vegas on Saturday.
Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) was dropped within the eleventh spherical, however largely dominated Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) all through a pulsating battle on the T-Cell Enviornment, mirrored by two scores of 115-111 and one other at 118-108, with ‘The Mexican Monster’ cementing his place because the WBC necessary challenger to undisputed champion, Artur Beterbiev.
Benavidez, who noticed off Oleksandr Gvozdyk in June in his debut at mild heavyweight, poured the stress on from the opener, connecting with some stable physique photographs, though Morrell was inflicting him issues along with his slick counters and angles.
The pair had been buying and selling back-and-forth in virtually equal measure, with Benavidez getting the higher of the early exchanges, though he did should navigate by a lower which opened above his left eye within the third.
Regardless of a convincing fourth, the Phoenix man shipped a thunderous proper hand, which appeared to briefly wobble him in the direction of the top of the spherical.
Morrell floored Benavidez within the eleventh spherical Photograph Credit score: Premier Boxing Champions
The 28-year-old was unrelenting although along with his assaults and was in command by the midway mark.
Sensing the combat was slipping from his grasp, Morrell let his palms go, countering successfully amid steady Benavidez assaults.
After a transparent Benavidez spherical within the tenth, the Cuban discovered his vary within the eleventh, connecting with a pointy proper hand, which had Benavidez off stability.
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‘The Mexican Monster’s gloves touched the canvas and referee Thomas Taylor dominated it a knockdown.
Benavidez responded by pinning his foe on the ropes and letting his palms go along with vigour proper up till the bell.
With Taylor seeking to separate the pair, Morrell lashed out with a proper hand after the bell and he was subsequently deducted a degree.
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The 27-year-old southpaw wanted a knockout within the remaining spherical, however regardless of letting his palms go, he couldn’t discover the telling punches, as Benavidez surged to a thirtieth straight victory.
After a build-up stuffed with dangerous blood, each males embraced on the remaining bell, with Benavidez claiming the WBC interim and WBA ‘regular’ mild heavyweight titles and lining himself up for a shot on the winner of the rematch between Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol on February 22.
“Big shout out to Morrell,” Benavidez mentioned in his post-fight interview.
“He took a tricky process.
“I knew he was going to be a tricky fighter.
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“I thought he was going to hit a bit harder.”
Morrell known as for a rematch with Benavidez post-fight.
“I’m not done, hell no!” he mentioned.
“I’m good. I’m comfortable. This second feels nice.
“I need to combat him once more.
“I know I can win [against] him.”
Fulton beats Figueroa once more to turn into world champion
Stephen Fulton captured the WBC featherweight world title, beating Brandon Figueroa for a second time.
Fulton (23-1, 8 KOs) secured a majority resolution over Figueroa (25-2-1, 19 KOs) to unify the tremendous bantamweight division in November 2021, however on the weight class above Fulton placed on a way more convincing show.
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The Philadelphia man dominated all through, countering successfully and limiting his rival’s assaults, with slick defence and expertise.
‘The Heartbreaker’ rallied late on with some good physique work, however Fulton by no means regarded in deep trouble and ran out a deserved winner with two scores of 116-112 and one other at 117-111 to turn into a two-time world champion.
Cruz sees off Fierro
Isaac Cruz gained the all-Mexican battle with a unanimous resolution victory over Angel Fierro (23-3-2, 18 KOs).
Cruz (27-3-1, 18 KOs) ran out a winner with scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 96-94, however there could possibly be requires a rematch after an exciting battle.
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Remaining Undercard
Jesus Alejandro Ramos Jr (22-1, 18 KOs) stopped former world champion Jeison Rosario (24-5-2, 18 KOs) in eight rounds of their middleweight battle, whereas Jose Benavidez Jr (29-3-1, 20 KOs) bounced again from defeat to Jermall Charlo final day out with a fifth spherical stoppage over Danny Rosenberger (20-10-4, 10 KOs).
At featherweight, Mirco Cuello remained unbeaten with a tenth and remaining spherical TKO over Christian Olivo Barreda (22-2-1, 9 KOs) and likewise at 126lbs Gabriela Telez (4-0, 1 KO) secured a majority resolution in opposition to Abril Anguiano (4-1, 2 KOs).
Cuban prospect, Yoenli Hernandez (7-0, 7 KOs) notched a fourth spherical stoppage over Angel Ruiz Astorga (18-4-1, 13 KOs) and Daniel Blancas (12-0, 5 KOs) improved his report with a unanimous resolution victory over Juan Barajas (11-1-2, 7 KOs).
Floyd Mayweather-promoted prospect, Curmel Moton (7-0, 6 KOs) halted Frank Zaldivar (5-2, 3 KOs) within the third spherical and John Easter (8-0, 7 KOs), additionally beneath the Mayweather banner, noticed off Joseph Aguilar (6-3-1, 3 KOs) on factors.
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