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Amanda Serrano vs. Reina Tellez – results and post-fight report
Amanda Serrano defended her WBA and WBO featherweight world titles on her home turf at Coliseo Robero Clemente in Puerto Rico, but had to work challenging to score points against replacement Reina Tellez.
Serrano overtook Tellez live on DAZN.
Serrano (48-4-1, KO31) fought her last two fights at super lightweight, both times unable to capture Katie Taylor’s undisputed title, so she withdrew to defend her gold against Tellez (13-1-1, KO5), who was undefeated but never went beyond eight rounds.
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Serrano let her hands go in this round, but Tellez did well to counterattack in the first round.
Serrano’s shot was put to good employ in the second quarter but was forced away by the challenger, who unleashed a wild flurry of shots to smother the host.
After holding in the fourth round, Serrano started with punishing body shots in the fifth round, but Tellez found good success in the sixth round, especially when the left hand was up.
Serrano had suffered damage to her right eye, but she had kept Tellez at bay and was now frustrating her opponent with her timing and accuracy as the fight entered its final stages.
Tellez was still willing to trade and Serrano went for a final round knockout, but to no avail as the fight went on the scorecards.
Two scores of 97-93 and the third 98-92 allowed Serrano to retain his unified belts.
Stephanie Han vs. Holly Holm
In her second world title fight, Stephanie Han (12-0, KO3) defended her WBA lightweight title, winning by technical decision over veteran Holly Holm (34-3-3, KO9).
Han was taken out of the fight in round seven due to a cut caused by an accidental headbutt, and the fight was decided.
Scores of 69-64, 69-65 and 68-65 ensured Han retained his champion title.
Undercard remaining
Yankiel Rivera (7-1-1, KO3) suffered a sorrowful defeat, and Jonathan Gonzalez (29-4-1, KO14) deservedly won the interim WBA flyweight title after a unanimous decision.
Gonzalez won the belt with scores of 117-110, 116-111 and 114-113.
In eight-round fights, Henry Lebron (21-0, KO11) remained undefeated, defeating super featherweight Juan Tapia (14-5, KO5) in the seventh round, and Jan Paul Rivera-Pizarro (14-0, KO7) won by majority decision in the featherweight division against Alfredo Cruz (10-4-1, KO5).
The comeback fight of former world champion Ebanie Bridges (9-3, KO4) ended in disaster, as she was defeated in eight rounds by Alexia Araiza Mones (4-2-1, KO1).
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The Texan won his bantamweight match with a score of 78-74, and third with a score of 80-72.
In six-round fights, Abner Figueroa (8-0, KO1) remained undefeated, and the bantamweight scored points against Edwin Rodriguez (12-10-3, KO5), and middleweight contender Alexis Chaparro (7-0, KO6) also scored points against Augusto Leal Salazar (3-1, KO1).
In the super bantamweight division, Chris Echevarria (10-1, KO4) won on the cards against Gabriel Bernard Cruz (7-4, KO3), and Krystal Rosado-Ortiz (8-1, KO2) did the same in the bantamweight division against Tania Walters (7-4, KO2).
Super featherweight newcomer Yandiel Lozano (3-0, KO0) won on points over Johniel Ramos Cotto (3-3, KO1), and Elise Soto (10-0, KO9) won in the second round over Liliana Martinez (25-24, KO16), also a super featherweight.
The only four-rounder took place in the bantamweight division, where Caleb Tirado (1-0, KO1) won a debutant fight against Justin Hill (0-1).
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Dillian Whyte is eager to fight Joseph Parker again.
In 2018, Whyte and Parker played 12 invigorating rounds, with both hitting the canvas.
Whyte won his dramatic heavyweight fight by unanimous decision at the O2 Arena.
‘The Body Snatcher’ is now planning a rematch with the Recent Zealander, who is looking to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine following his October defeat to Fabio Wardley.
“There are a lot of good fights and Joseph Parker is one of them,” the 38-year-old said Ring Magazine.
“I would love to fight Joseph Parker, I think it’s a really good fight.
“He has to come back, he has to be cleared or whatever. I don’t know the situation.
“So in the meantime I have to stay busy and fight my way back, so let’s see.
“I feel like I still have a little bit to give, so let’s see what we can do to finish the season on a high.
“I’m training now and I want to come back in May or June.
“Now it’s just a matter of training and seeing what comes out on this kind of date.”
The former world title challenger from Brixton has not fought since a crushing first-round knockout defeat to rising contender Moses Itauma last August in Riyad.
Former world champion Parker won six times on spin before being stopped in the 11th round against Wardley, losing the WBO interim title and a shot at unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The 34-year-old says he is going through this process after failing the test and hopes it will be resolved soon.
“Let’s hope so [I’m back] soon,” Parker said Professional boxing fans.
“I’m just going through the process and practicing patience.
“We just have to be patient and learn from what they say happened.
“I know what happened and I handed over everything, so let’s see.”
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Tony Yoka has broken his silence on Lawrence Okolie’s failed test that canceled their scheduled heavyweight fight.
On Saturday in Paris, Yoka was scheduled to face Okolie in a fierce heavyweight fight.
But on Tuesday, the Briton failed a VADA test, reportedly for GHRP 2 and its metabolite M8, a synthetic substance that stimulates the body to release human growth hormone.
Promoter Frank Warren tried to find a slow replacement, but later canceled the entire show.
Yoka (33) admits that he was bitterly disappointed with the situation.
“I was disappointed because I wanted to fight,” said the 33-year-old talkSPORT.
“Of course I was ready.
“It’s not like it happened a few months before, it was three, four days before the fight.
“It was a great opportunity.
“It would have put me in a really good position, so it really worried me.
“What was more disappointing to me was that they just canceled the entire show, but I understand it’s a business.”
The Frenchman says he won’t wait too long and has been told he will either fight on the card Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May 9 in Manchester or on the bill Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic on May 16 in Doncaster.
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Okolie, the WBC’s number one contender for Oleksandr Usyk’s title, promised in a statement to clear his name.
“Before anyone starts imagining the worst, after last year’s bicep injury, I suffered an elbow injury on the same shoulder during this camp.
“I underwent treatment and now we are here.
“I hope common sense will prevail.
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“I will of course cooperate fully with all relevant authorities and I am confident that any investigation will clear my name.
“I will not be making any further comments at this time.
“Thank you for all your support and see you soon.”
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David Benavidez is already looking to the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles next Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” is moving up from lightweight heavyweight, where he holds the WBC crown, in a bid to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175-pound title fight with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the undefeated 29-year-old, but he insists he will return to the weight class after the Ramirez fight in an attempt to lure Bivol to fight him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the lightweight heavyweight division,” Benavidez said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
Bivol, the holder of the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old won the undisputed crown, among others revenge victory over Artur Beterbiev in his last appearance last February.
The Russian gave up the WBC belt, which Benavidez currently holds, in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately did not take place.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyad in November, is also hoping to fight former undisputed lightweight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who hasn’t fought since his only professional loss to Bivol.
“After this fight [against Bivol] when I win the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“I’m probably most excited about Beterbiev.
“These are two monsters heading on a collision course.
“Beterbiev was a bogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“Being the monster I am, I have to go in there and get rid of the bogeyman.”
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