Terence Crawford claimed world honours in his fourth division, defeating Israil Madrimov to capture the WBA Super Welterweight title.
Crawford was taken the distance for the first time in eight years, as he secured a unanimous decision victory over a tricky customer in Madrimov in Los Angeles
It was a tentative chess match for the first half of the fight, as both men enjoyed success, despite the lack of explosiveness.
Much of the same continued throughout the beginning of the second half, as neither fighter showed any chinks in their armour.
Madrimov had success in the ninth, as he used his natural size advantage and slick skills to win the round as he looked to finish strong.
Crawford came on strong towards the end of the 11th, taking advantage of Madrimov over-extending, and fired a strong uppercut which sparked ‘Bud’ to let his hands go.
Both men upped the intensity in the final stanza as they fought to the final bell in a close fight. But, it would be Crawford to have his hand raised as the scorecards read 116-112, 115-113(x2) in his favour.
In the co-main event, there was a huge shock as Jose Valenzuela defeated Isaac Cruz to win the WBA super-lightweight title.
Cruz was making the first defence of his title after stopping Rolly Romero back in March, with most observers believing it would be a routine first defence against Valenzuela.
It wasn’t to be though, with the challenger putting in a superb performance to win the majority of the rounds as the fight went the distance.
Despite one judge scoring it for 115-113 for Cruz, the other two judges had it 116-112 in Valenzuela’s favour, as he was crowned the new world champion at 140lbs.
Andy Ruiz and Jarrell Miller couldn’t be separated after 12 rounds of heavyweight action, after their bout ended in a majority draw.
Ahead of the bout, many onlookers expected Ruiz to claim the victory, but Miller planned on causing the upset as he grew into the bout as it progressed.
The fight went the 12 round distance, with many believing that Miller may have done enough to narrowly edge the contest.
One judge scored the bout 116-112 in his favour, but the other two judges both had it 114-114, meaning Ruiz and Miller couldn’t be separated and they had to settle for a majority draw.
In the other heavyweight bout on the card, Martin Bakole picked up a huge victory as he stopped previously undefeated Jared Anderson.
Bakole made a great start to the fight, dropping Anderson in the opening round. The American showed good heart to try and get back into the contest, but the writing was on the wall when Bakole scored another knockdown in round five.
Anderson got back to his feet, but after being knocked down again, and a subsequent onslaught from Bakole, the referee had seen enough and waved off the contest to give the Congo heavyweight a massive win.
David Morrell won the vacant WBA (regular) light-heavyweight title with a unanimous decision win over Radivoje Kalajdzic.
The judges scored the contest 118-110, 117-111 and 117-111 to hand Morrell the win, as he extended his unbeaten record to 11-0 in the process.
Elsewhere, Andy Cruz stopped Antonio Moran in the seventh round, Steven Nelson knocked out Marcos Rodriguez in round five, and Ziyad Almaayouf drew with Michal Bulik.
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