George Kambosos Jr. vs. Maxi Hughes: LIVE updates, results, full coverage
Former lightweight champ George Kambosos Jr. defeated Maxi Hughes by a majority decision in a 12-round title eliminator.
The officials scores were 117-111, 115-113 and 114-114. Boxing Junkie scored it 115-113 for Hughes, seven rounds to five.
The 117-111 score of Josef Mason was being criticized immediately after the fight ended.
Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs) controlled much of the fight by waiting for Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) commit himself, avoiding his shots, landing counters and then moving away.
Kambosos never really solved that riddle, although he did win some rounds by keeping the pressure on Hughes and connecting on some of his shots.
The crowd in Shawnee, Oklahoma evidently didn’t like the decision: The fans there booed when Kambosos was announced as the winner.
You can read a full report here.
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Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis dropped and outboxed Francesco Patera en route to winning a near-shutout decision in a 10-round bout.
The official scores were 100-89, 100-89 and 99-90. Boxing Junkie also scored it 100-89 for the Olympic silver medalist from Norfolk, Virginia.
Davis (9-0, 6 KOs) outboxed Patera (28-4, 10 KOs) throughout the one-sided fight, landing a much higher percentage of his punches. The Belgian was competitive and game but had difficultly landing clean punches.
The most dramatic moment came with about a minute to go in Round 8, when a right hand from Davis put Patera on his behind and stunned him.
However, Patera quickly recovered and continued to fight back until the final bell.
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Former 135-pound champion George Kambosos Jr. is scheduled to face Maxi Hughes tonight (Saturday) in Shawnee, Oklahoma (ESPN, ESPN+).
The featured bouts on the card begin at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. The main event will take place later in the show.
Boxing Junkie will post the results of the main event and other featured bouts immediately after they end. Simply return to this post and refresh when the time comes.
Full coverage – a fight story, analysis and more – will follow on separate posts the day of the fight and the following day.
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