Tyson Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) suffered a bad cut in the third round and was forced to battle hard to win a 12 round unanimous decision over Otto Wallin (20-1, 13 KOs) on ESPN+ on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A mask wearing Tyson Fury weighed in at 254.4 pound, and his opponent Otto Wallin tipped the scales at 236 lbs.
Two days before lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury takes the mantle of Mexican Independence Day Weekend headliner against Otto Wallin, the co-feature bouts took center stage at a press conference.
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring completed his Hollywood story, upsetting WBO junior lightweight world champion Masayuki “The Judge” Ito via unanimous decision Saturday evening in front of a sold-out crowd of 2,912 at Osceola Heritage Park.
· More than 2 million viewers tuned in for Lomachenko vs Pedraza – Full event ranks second most-viewed boxing telecast across broadcast and cable in 2018.
WBA lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko wanted to unify lightweight world titles. After 12 rounds, he got his wish, although WBO champion Jose Pedraza sure didn’t make it easy and halted Lomachenko’s eight-bout knockout streak in the process.
This Saturday night Vasiliy Lomachenko’s hopes are set high in effort to accomplish yet another feat in an already impressive career with only 12 fights.
• Vasiliy Lomachenko 134.4 lbs vs. Jose Pedraza 134.2 lbs
(Lomachenko’s WBA and Pedraza’s WBO Lightweight world titles – 12 Rounds)
• Isaac Dogboe 120.8 lbs vs Emanuel Navarrete 122 lbs
(Dogboe’s WBO Junior Featherweight world title – 12 Rounds).
Lomachenko vs. Pedraza LIVE on Saturday at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast on ESPN at 9 p.m. ET
Live and Exclusively on ESPN, ESPN Deportes – Saturday, December 8 at 9 pm ET from The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden