ROMAN TKO’S MCDONNELL, CALLS FOR UNIFICATION VERSUS DOGBOE!
Daniel Roman was winning entering the 10th round Saturday night, but he left no doubt about his superiority over Gavin McDonnell.
INOUE & RELIKH ADVANCE TO WBSS SEMI-FINALS
Naoya Inoue KO’d Juan Carlos Payano after only one minute and ten seconds of the first round, and Kiryl Relikh went through twelve tough rounds against Eduard Troyanovsky to score a unanimous win in Sunday’s Ali Trophy Quarter-Finals at the Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.
VARGAS, DULORME BATTLE TO A DRAW
Wintrust Arena, Chicago – For the vacant World Boxing Council silver welterweight title, Jessie Vargas (28-2-2, 10 KOs) and Thomas Dulorme (24-3-1, 16 KOs) fought to a twelve round majority draw. The scores were 115-111 for Vargas, 113-113, 113-113.
MILLER STOPS ADAMEK IN TWO, CALLS OUT JOSHUA
Heavyweight contender Jarrell Miller (22-0-1, 19 KOs) was a monster, with nearly 100-pounds of weight over former two-division world champion Tomasz Adamek (53-6, 31 KOs) – which made it no surprise that Miller crushed the Polish veteran in two rounds at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
BETERBIEV RISES FROM CANVAS, KO’S JOHNSON IN FOUR
Callum Johnson went after Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night. Johnson dropped the Russian knockout artist in the second round, but his aggression against a huge puncher ultimately proved to be a catastrophic strategy for the British light heavyweight contender.