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Oscar Collazo survives early scare, defends WBO title through UD

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In his third, profitable title protection of the WBO Minimumweight World Championship Belt, undefeated champion Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (10-0, 7 KOs) of Villaba, Puerto Rico defeated Managua, Nicaragua’s Gerardo Zapata (14-2-1).

The 2 pugilists exchanged hearth, Zapata touchdown a strong proper that destabilized Collazo within the second spherical. Collazo rapidly recovered, taking again management of the match and gained the battle unanimously with scores of 117-110, 119-109, and 119-109. The particular Golden Boy Struggle Evening on DAZN occasion was a part of the Worldwide Corridor of Fame Induction Weekend reside from Turning Stone Resort On line casino. Co-promoted with Miguel Cotto Promotions, the occasion was broadcast around the globe on DAZN.

“He hit me with a great shot. It landed effectively. He had a number of energy to him,” mentioned Oscar Collazo. “We boxed intelligently and enacted our plan. Champions are capable of keep sturdy and get stronger with adversity. You get knocked down, you wobble, and also you get again up stronger and extra clever. I confirmed that tonight. I need any champion subsequent.”

Within the co-main occasion, Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Eric Tudor (11-1, 7 KOs) knocked out Atlanta, Georgia’s Roddricus Livsey (12-3-1, 9 KOs) within the first spherical of their 10-round welterweight match up. Tudor was on the offensive from the opening bell, touchdown a tough hook to Livsey’s ribs that despatched him rolling on the mat at 2:19.

Additionally on the DAZN Broadcast, Mykquan “Marvelous” Williams (21-0-2, 9 KOs) of East Hartford, Connecticut defeated Willmank Canonico-Brito (12-6-2, 10 KOs) of Caracas, Venezuela through third-round knockout. Scheduled as an eight-round welterweight battle, Williams and Canonico-Brito had an action-packed forwards and backwards, every taking turns tasting one another’s punches till Williams landed a power-packed proper hand straight to Canonico’s head that ended the battle as a knockout at 2:13.

In one of many extra dramatic technical knockout wins of the night time, David “Dynamite” Stevens (14-1, 10 KOs) defeated Buenos Aires, Argentina’s Sergio “Checho” Lopez (14-6, 10 KOs) within the first spherical. After the opening bell Lopez harm Stevens and was near stopping him till Stevens pulled a Hail Mary-punch with a proper hook to Lopez’ head that despatched the Argentinian to the ground. Lopez recovered solely to be hit with the identical proper hand and hit the mat for the second and last time. The referee waved the battle off at 2:13 of the primary spherical in a battle scheduled for eight-rounds of tremendous middleweight motion.

Opening the DAZN Broadcast with a technical knockout victory, the undefeated Yair “Manotas” Gallardo-Lozano (8-0, 7 KOs) of Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, stopped Arecibo, Puerto Rico’s Michael “Hitman” Ruiz (7-3, 5 KOs) within the second spherical of their scheduled six-round mild heavyweight bout. Gallardo-Lozano was in the midst of delivering a handful of grenade punches when the referee waved the battle off at 1:18 when Ruiz might now not battle again towards the aggressive Mexican fighter.

Within the preliminary bouts, native star from Liverpool, New York, Bryce Mills (16-1, 5 KOs) improved his resume with a unanimous determination victory over robust challenger Jose Marruffo (14-14-2, 2 KOs) of Phoenix, Arizona. Scheduled for six-rounds of welterweight motion, Mills adjusted to Marruffo’s aggressive tempo, and was capable of show his strong defensive and offensive expertise, profitable the judges favor with scores of 60-54, 59-55, and 60-54.

Opening the battle night time, Sasha Tudor (1-0-1, 1 KO) warmed up the gang together with his first-ever, first-round technical knockout victory towards Manuel Moreira (1-6) of Sheridan, Wyoming. Scheduled as a four-round tremendous welterweight battle, Tudor despatched Moreira to the mat the primary half of the spherical and completed enterprise at 1:10 the place the referee waved the battle off as a result of punishment being inflicted by the youthful sibling of Eric Tudor.

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