Although he was champion, Dmitry Bivol produced a seismic upset as he became the second man to defeat the pound for pound superstar, Canelo. Viewers were treated to a further eight fights on the undercard of what was a stacked night at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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Montana Love continued to rise towards world honours, as he defended his IBF North American title agasinst Gabriel Valenzuela. Love dropped Valenzuela in the first round, but Valenzuela got back into the fight scoring a knockdown himself, which closed up the scorecards, Love did enough though as all three scorecards read 114-112 in his favour.
Still undefeated ????@_MontanaLove wins by UD against Gabriel Valenzuela
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Shakhram Giyasov adapted to the welterweight division well as he dominated Christian Gomez to win on points. Giyasov proved that he had carried his power up to welterweight as he dropped Gomez three times on his way to victory.
Big punches thrown, respect between the two ???? #GiyasovGomez
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Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang displayed his ferocious heavyweight power as he stopped late call opponent Scott Alexander in one round,. Zhang was originally slated to fight Filip Hrgovic, but personal reasons withdrew Hrgovic, but Zhang produced a statement knockout to potentially set the Hrgovic bout up next.
BIG BANG ZHANG ????
What a way to get the night started ????
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Marc Castro continues to impress in the pro game as he outpointed Pedro Vincente Scharbaai. Aaron Silva annnounced himself on the big stage, as he faced off against fellow rising prospect, Alexis Espino in a real 50/50 fight. Silva caught Espino in the fourth and unloaded prompting the referee to stop the bout.
10-0… Aaron Silva tees off and ends it ????
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Joselito Velasquez passed his hardest test to date, as he got a sixth round stoppage to give Jose Soto the second loss of his career.
Vicious from Joselito Velazquez ????????
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Uzbek sensation Elnur Abduraimov displayed his power in the super featherweight division as he stopped the previously undefeated Manny Correa in two rounds.
Elnur Abduraimov with a dominant finish to this one ????
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Finally, Fernando Angel Molina climbed off the canvas to move to 8-0, as he got the split decision victory over Ricardo Valdovinos.