2023-11-26 05:03:00
ESPN Digital26 de nov, 2023, 00:03 ETLectura: 3 min.
David Benavidez knocked out Demetrius Andrade and hit another blow on the table to face the sports star, the Mexican Canelo Álvarez
David Benavidez passed like a cyclone over Demetrius Andrade until forcing him to throw in the towel at the end of the sixth round to retain his interim super middleweight title of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and remain the mandatory challenger of Canelo Álvarez.
At the Michelob Ultra Arena, located at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, ‘El Monstruo’ improved his record to 28-0-0, 24 KO’s and destroyed the self-esteem and undefeated status of ‘BooBoo’ Andrade (32-1 -0, 19 KO’s), who was looking for a title in a third weight division.
The outcome of the contest came following finishing the sixth round. Referee Thomas Taylor approached the corner to confirm the challenger’s condition and one of his trainers informed him that his fighter would not come out for the seventh round.
In what was announced as a clash of styles that might go to the end between undefeated 168-pounders, Benavidez had a dominant performance from the second round onwards, which increased in the fourth round with a knockdown thanks to a powerful right hook. .
“I think I solidified myself as the dominant fighter that I am,” Benavidez said in the ring during the post-fight interview on Showtime. “Now give me the fight everyone wants to see.”
Benavidez is widely recognized as the best super middleweight in the world following Canelo Álvarez, undisputed monarch of the division. Immediately following his victory, he called for a fight once morest Álvarez to finish determining in the ring who is the best.
In the co-main event, WBC middleweight champion Jermall Charlo and José Benavidez Jr. put on a show in a 10-round non-title bout. Charlo (33-0-0, 22 KO’s) spent much of the fight absorbing blows from Benavidez Jr. (28-3-1, 19 KO’s), but caused much more damage than he took. Charlo’s quick right hook-right hook combination stopped Benavidez in his tracks several times as the champion kept his perfect record intact.
Subriel Matías (20-1-0, 20 KO’s) retained his IBF super lightweight belt by technical knockout. After dominating the first two rounds of the fight, Shohjahon Ergashev endured a series of punches from Matias over the next three rounds, never appearing hurt, but clearly taking a beating. Called two seconds into the sixth round at the request of his team, Ergashev (23-1-0, 20 KO’s) did not leave his corner.
Lamont Roach (24-1-1, 9 KO’s) took the WBA super featherweight belt from Hector Garcia by split decision. Although he scored a knockdown in the 12th round with an inadvertent blow to the back of Garcia’s head, Roach may have put an exclamation point on his victory with his biggest punch of the fight in the 11th round.
Roach landed a powerful right hand that staggered Garcia (16-2-0, 10 KO’s) and followed it with a series of combinations until the bell rang. Judges Tim Cheatham (114-113) and Robert Hoyle scored the fight 111-116 in favor of Roach, while Max DeLuca (114-113) saw Garcia win the fight.
Information from the AP was used in this report.
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