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Demetrius Andrade won the vacant WBO middleweight crown with a unanimous 12-round win over Walter Kautondowka. Two judges scored the 120-104 fight, another 119-105, a result that delighted the pro-Andrade crowd, many of whom made the trip from Providence to TD Garden to see their favorite.
The fact that Kautondowka was able to cover the distance was remarkable after the start of the fight. Andrade (26-0) dropped Kautondowka (17-1) in the third round with a left hook, then two more times in the fourth round, one with a left hook and one with a right. Kautondowka was able to get up every time.
In the seventh round, Kautondowka got his best shot of the night with a right cross that momentarily knocked out Andrade, but he was able to get rid of it quickly.
Kautondowka was beaten very quickly after Billie Joe Saunders was denied a boxing license by the Massachusetts Sports Commission after failing a drug test for oxilofrin, a stimulant that improves the performances, and it was stripped.
Tevin Farmer stopped James Tennyson in the fifth round to win the International Boxing Federation's lightweight title.
Farmer (27-4-1) pounded Tennyson with body shots throughout the fight, dropping him in the fourth round with a nasty left hook. When Farmer was again connected to put Tennyson on his knees, referee Arthur Mercante had seen enough and ended the fight. This is Tennyson's first professional defeat, which drops him to 22-1.
It was only one of the three world titles in play in the main map, but some of the best actions happened early on the lower map and featured local fighters.
Whitman's Mark DeLuca was able to avenge the only defeat of his career, defeating Walter Wright by unanimous decision. It was a rematch of a June match that saw Wright take out the junior middleweight title of NABA from DeLuca via a split decision.
"My first fight was very aggressive. Walter has a very suspicious style, "said DeLuca," He can be touched from time to time, but he is very skilled, he has been around for a long time. For this fight, my coach Hector Bermudez and I modified the game plan. We wanted to be a little more patient and reject him a little more.
The strategy worked while DeLuca (22-1) remained patient, not allowing Wright (17-5) to counter as he had done in the first fight.
A seventh round by the two fighters put the crowd on the run, with DeLuca hitting Wright's spokesperson.
One judge scored 97-93, while the other two 96-94, to the delight of the large contingent of supporters leading to DeLuca. Despite the abandonment of the decision the first time, DeLuca was confident while waiting for the scores to be read.
"I felt good. The numbers were a little tighter than I thought. I thought I won by a margin bigger than that, but a win is a win. I'm back on a winning streak. I have the belt in our corner. "
Quincy's lightweight Ryan Kielczweski has gone the distance, but sided on the short side with Tommy Coyle's unanimous decision. It was an impressive performance in defeat for Kielczweski, who fought very quickly after Danny O'Connor was forced to retire due to an injury.
Kielczweski (29-4) showed a willingness to go neck to neck with Coyle (25-4) and was in trouble in the seventh round when Coyle connected with a straight body shot followed by 39, a left hook to send to the Web. Kielczweski stayed on his lap and walked away from the referee as Leo Gerstel had counted up to eight. He managed to survive the round and get his best shot of the night, a straight hook, which clearly knocked out Coyle.
With the crowd chanting "Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! The fighters found themselves in the middle of the ring for the 10th round and kissed each other before trying to finish in the last round. Neither of them succeeded and the fight went to the scorecards of the judges, which read as follows: 99-90, 98-91 and 96-93.
Later in the evening, as the main card began, Kid Galahad (25-0) defeated Toka Khan Clary (25-2) by unanimous decision in a fight for the elimination of featherweight l & # 39; IBF.
Katie Taylor has improved to 11-0 with a unanimous 10-round win over Cindy Serrano to retain the women's world titles of the IBF and the WBA. She made it by dominating so strong Serrano that the three judges scored the bout, 100-90.
Conor McGregor, a UFC star, is one of the pillars of Taylor, originally from Bray, Ireland.
The heavyweight battle between Niall Kennedy and Brendan Barrett took the distance. Kennedy, originally from Ireland but coaching locally with Murphys Boxing, won the unanimous decision to move to 12-0-1.
Matt Doherty of Salem was stopped by 2016 Olympic gold medalist Daniyar Yeleussinov at 2:43 of the first round of their light welterweight match.
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