Boxing Results Summary – Former Japanese Kickboxing World Champion Yoshiki Takei earned the boxing hardware in just his ninth professional fight, using his length and challenging southpaw style to defeat WBO Bantamweight World Champion Jason Moloney (27-3, 19 KOs) by unanimous decision.

Takei (9-0, 8 KO) won by scores of 116-111, 2x and 117-110. In the final round, Moloney seriously injured Takei and knocked him to his feet, but the Japanese newcomer survived a behind schedule charge to earn a well-deserved decision.

Bantamweight: Takuma Inoue (20-1, 5 KO) and UD 12 Sho Ishida (34-4, 17 KO). Scores: 118-109 2x and 116-111. Inoue, Naoya’s younger brother, defended his WBA bantamweight title for the first time.

Flyweight: Seigo Yuri Akui (20-2-1, 11 KO) UD 12 Taku Kuwahara (13-2, 8 KO). Scores: 118-110 and 117-111 2x. He admits that he defended the WBA flyweight world title.

In the co-main event of the Canelo vs. Munguia fight in Las Vegas, interim WBC welterweight champion Mario “El Azteca” Barrios (29-2, 18 KO) scored a hard-earned unanimous victory over Fabian “TNT” Maidan (22-22-) 3, 16 KO) after 12 rounds.

Barrios had his best moment in round three when he landed a perfect straight right hand that decisively knocked Maidana to the ground. However, Maidana, the younger brother of former two-division champion Marcos Maidana, showed his mettle by getting off the canvas and remaining competitive throughout the remaining rounds.

“Maidana fought rigid for 12 rounds, as I expected,” Barrios said. “When my eye started to swell, it was rigid to find my range, but we stuck to the basics, tried to find the gaps and prevailed.”

Maidana’s success led to Barrios fighting with a swollen right eye, which hindered him throughout the second half of the fight. Despite the restrictions, Barrios outshot Maidana 139 to 84 over 12 innings and landed more punches in 11 of the 12 frames.

“I felt this loss was due to lack of time to train,” Maidana said. “But there are no excuses. I’m going to come back stronger and bring the World Cup to Argentina.”

After 12 rounds, all three judges scored the fight 116-111, with Barrios retaining his title and focusing on the rest of the wide-open welterweight division.

“I want as much smoke as possible in the welterweight division and I’m ready to fight the best,” Barrios said. “I’m chasing belts. Viva Mexico!”

In pay-perview action, interim WBA featherweight champion Brandon ‘The Heartbreaker (25-1-1, 19 KOs) defended his title with a brutal ninth-round body shot knockout over former world champion Jessie Magdaleno (29-3, 29- 3, KO) 18 KO).

Figueroa, a former super bantamweight world champion, continued to show that his strength has grown with him up to featherweight, earning his second knockout in three fights at the weight class. Figueroa started slowly, however, as Magdaleno led on two of three rounds through four rounds.

“I just had to be patient,” Figueroa said. “He was blocking a body shot with his arm, but I had to wear him down to get an opening. I waited and I got it.”

“I’m more annoyed because it was such a close fight,” Magdaleno said. “I tried as rigid as I could to get up, but when you hit the right spot, it’s rigid to get up.”

Magdaleno seemed to be having success with his left-handed counterattacks, while Figueroa stifled most of his work in the early frames. However, as the fight wore on, Figueroa began to notice his attacks and moved forward. This included a large ninth inning where he outscored Magdaleno 32 to 13.

Just before the final bell in the ninth round, Figueroa landed the decisive blow, a painful left hook to the body that left Magdaleno in a heap on the floor. Magdaleno was unable to reach his feet as referee Allen Huggins counted him out, and the official stoppage came at 2:59 of the round.

“I heard a 10-second sound and I wanted to create some space, and when I extended my right hand, he threw a left hook to the torso and hit me right in the liver,” Magdaleno said. “It just took my legs out.”

“Maybe I felt a little rusty not having fought for 14 months, but hats off to Jessie, it was a great fight,” Figueroa said. “I felt very relaxed in the ring. I knew I had to break in, break him and gain the upper hand.

Opening the pay-per-view gala, WBA welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis (15-0, 9 KO) returned after a long break and won a unanimous decision over two-time Olympian Gabriel Maestre (6-1-1, 5 KO) after 12 rounds of fights. from head to toe.

“I know I said there would be no ring rust, but obviously it’s a different situation when you’re in the ring with all the lights on,” Stanionis said. “It was very invigorating to be back in the ring after such a long and frustrating time. It wasn’t my best performance. I will come back next time and it will definitely be better.”

“I felt like Stanionis respected me, it was a tough fight,” Maestre said. “For the world title, it didn’t go the way I wanted it to, but we gave the fans a show and, as I said at the press conference, it was a show-stealer.”

In a rematch of an amateur fight from almost 10 years ago, Stanionis was victorious again, hitting an impressive 41% of his shots. Although Maestre landed over 100 more power punches than his opponent, Stanionis landed 180 power shots compared to Maestre’s 152.

“High power shots were the difference,” Stanionis said. “He was just touching me and I was hitting him with rigid punches and kept putting pressure on him. It was a do or die fight for him and I thought he did well and I felt good.

Maestre’s activity wasn’t enough to stop Stanionis from stepping forward, as the 2016 Lithuanian Olympian used an impressive array of left hooks and uppercuts to consistently push back his charging opponent. Stanionis was able to pass Maestre in all but three of the 12 rounds.

After 12 rounds, all three judges scored a wide-open victory for Stanionis, with the final scores being 119-109, 118-110 and 117-111.

“My corner gave me good advice and encouragement throughout the fight,” Maestre said. “I am very grateful to coach Salas and my entire team. I’m going to come back stronger. There is no doubt. I can’t wait to see what comes next.”

“I just want to be dynamic,” Stanionis said. “This is the main priority. I was away for two years from my country, Lithuania, where there is no best sparring. Everything will be better at the next camp.”

Before the pay-per-view gala, the PBC action on Prime Video was crowned by the powerful super welterweight contender Jesus “Mono” Ramos (21-1, 16 KO), who TKOed Johan Gonzalez (34-3, 33 KO) in the ninth round.

Ramos attacked Gonzalez’s body throughout the fight, with body punches accounting for 51% of his power shots. Gonzalez was able to stay on his feet for most of the fight until Ramos finally managed to take him out behind schedule in the ninth round with a precise left hook.

Wasting no time, Ramos pounced on his wounded opponent with a series of powerful shots that sent Gonzalez to the mat again, and referee Harvey Dock sprang into action, waving goodbye to the fight. The official stoppage occurred at 2:56 of the ninth round.

Going live, rising super welterweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. (18-1, 12 KO) knocked out Ronald Cruz (19-4-1, 12 KO) twice and made a unanimous decision after 10 rounds.

The 21-year-old Mielnicki scored his first knockdown with a left hand almost simultaneously with the bell to end round three, and at the end of round four he knocked down Cruz again with a left hand. All three judges scored the fight in Mielnicki’s favor with scores of 99-89, 98-90 and 96-92.