In the walk out fight of the night, WBA Super World junior middleweight champion Erislandy “American Dream” Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) defeated the previously undefeated #6 WBA Terrell Gausha (20-1, 9 KOs) in what looked like a glorified sparring match on Saturday night on the Jermell Charlo vs. Erickson Lubin card on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Results: Santa Cruz stops Avalos; Mares beats Gutierrez
In card filled with two terrible mismatches, WBA Super World featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) defeated his voluntary challenger/fringe contender Chris Avalos (27-6, 20 KOs) by an 8th round knockout on Saturday night in a fight televised by Premier Boxing Champions on Fox from the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Santa Cruz was hitting Avalos at will in round 8 when the fight was halted by the referee Thomas Taylor. The official time of the stoppage was at 1:34 of the round.
Results: Crolla decisions Burns
Anthony Crolla (32-6-3, 13 KOs) got back on the winning track on Saturday in beating Ricky Burns (41-7-1, 14 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight that was a lot closer than the scorecards handed down by the 3 judges at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Results: Eubank Jr. stops Yildirim
As many expected, Chris Eubank Jr. (26-1, 20 KOs) had an easy time destroying an over-matched Avni Yildirim (16-1, 10 KOs) in stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Super Series at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Germany.
Results: Parker defeats Fury
WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-0, 18 KOs) did a good job of dealing with the spoiling tactics of previously unbeaten #1 WBO Hughie Fury (20-1, 10 KOs) in dealing him his first career defeat in winning a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Results: Saunders defeats Monroe Jr., looks poor
In a fight that failed to live up to the buildup, Billy Joe Saunders (25-0, 12 KOs) successfully defended his WBO World middleweight title on Saturday night in beating former world title challenger Willie Monroe Jr. (21-3, 6 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the Copper Box Arena in London, UK.
Results: Callum Smith defeats Erik Skoglund
Callum Smith (23-0, 17 KOs) fought an excellent fight in beating Erik Skoglund (26-1, 12 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision in super middleweight action on Saturday night in his first fight in the quarter finals of the World Boxing Super Series at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. The 6’3” Smith unloaded on Skoglund in round 11 to knock him down.
Results: Estrada defeats Cuadras
Former WBA/WBO flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (36-2, 25 KOs) overcame a slow start to come on in the second half of the contest to defeat former WBC super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras (36-2-1, 27 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The win for Estrada, 27, makes him the No.1 WBC mandatory challenger to WBC 115 lb. champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. As good as Rungvisai looked tonight, Estrada might be better off moving back down to 112 and picking up where he left off in beating all comers.
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai destroys Roman Gonzalez – Results
WBC super flyweight world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1, 39 KOs) dealt former multiple world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-2, 38 KOs) a terrible defeat in knocking him out in the 4th round on Saturday night in the main event of the “SuperFly” Card on HBO Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson. California.
Rungvisai was hitting Gonzalez at will with huge power shots in rounds 1-3. In the 4th, Rungvisai knocked Gonzalez down hard with a big shot to the head. Gonzalez got back up but was quickly knocked down a second time.
Results: Usyk stops Huck
As many expected to happen, WBO WBO World champion Oleksandr Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) toyed with the past his prime former 200 lb. champion Marco Huck (40-5-1, 27 KOs) in defeating him by a 10th round TKO on Saturday night at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany.
This was the first fight of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk, the No.1 seed, showed that he’s going to be hard to beat with his boxing and slugging that he was doing all night against Huck. The fight was stopped at 2:18 of round 10.