Armando Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) dethroned interim WBA super middleweight champion Caleb Plant (23-3, 14 KOs), winning a 12-round split decision in the main event on Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
The scores:
116-112: Resendiz
115-113: Plant
116-112: Resendiz
Former two-division world champion Jermall Charlo (34-0, 23 KOs) looked powerful on Saturday night, coming off a two-year layoff to destroy Thomas LaManna (39-6-1, 18 KOs) by a three-knockdown, sixth-round technical knockout.
Charlo, 35, hurt LaManna in the final seconds of the fifth round, catching him with a jab that staggered the New Jersey native at the start of the sixth. The ringside doctor examined LaManna and advised that the fight be stopped. Both of LaMann’s eyes were heavily bruised, and he looked like he wouldn’t have made it through the round of the fight had it been allowed to continue.
Middleweight contender Yoenli Hernandez (8-0, 7 KOs) dominated Kyrone Davis (19-4-1, 6 KOs), beating him like a drum in winning a lopsided 10-round unanimous decision. The judges’ scores were 100-89, 100-89, and 100-89.
The three-year pro from Cuba, Yoenli Hernandez, knocked Kyrone down in the second with a power jab after connecting with a barrage of shots. In the fifth round, Hernandez unloaded with a flurry of power shots in the final seconds that had Davis in trouble. After that round, Yoenli appeared to let off the pressure to get rounds in. He looked like he could have knocked out Kyrone at any time if he wanted to.
Isaac Lucero (17-0, 13 KOs) crushed Omar Valenzuela (23-1, 20 KOs), knocking him out in the second round in junior middleweight action. Lucero daught Valenzuela with a big right hand, putting him down hard in round two. Once the action resumed, Lucero unloaded on Valenzeula with a storm of shots, causing the referee to step in and stop the fight. The time was at 2:57 of the round.