Former WBC flyweight champion Charlie Edwards (19-1; 7) won the vacant WBC International silver bantamweight title with a one-sided 10-round unanimous points decision over Georges Ory (17-4-1; 2) on Friday night at the York Hall in London.
Edwards pushed forward throughout the bout to win with scores of 98-92 on all three judges’ scorecards.
ANDERSON REMAINS UNBEATEN
Heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (17-0; 15) won an easy 10-round unanimous points decision over former cruiserweight champion-turned-heavyweight Ryad Merhy (32-3; 26) on Saturday night at the American Bank Centre in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Anderson dominated to win with scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91. The bored spectators booed throughout the encounter.
On the same card, 2016 Olympians, Efe “The Silent Roller” Ajagba (20-1; 14) won on a split decision over 10 rounds against Guido “The Gladiator” Vianello (12-2-1; 10). Scores were 96-94 Vianello, 96-94, 96-94 Ajagba.
2016 Olympic gold medallist and three-time world title challenger Robson Conceição (18-2-1; 9) won a seventh-round knockout against Jose Guardado (15-2-1; 5) in a junior lightweight contest. The time was 2:27.
Lightweight Abdullah Mason (13-0; 11) won on a fourth-round stoppage against Ronal Ron (14-6: 11). Mason dropped Ron in the first and third rounds and finished him off with a barrage of punches 1:02 into the fourth round.
Junior lightweight Alejandro “Pork Chop” Guerrero (13-4; 10) beat the previously unbeaten Jalen Walker (12-1-1; 10) with a barrage of punches in the seventh round. The time was 1:35.
In his pro debut, Team USA heavyweight Ali Feliz stopped Anthony Woodson III (1-2; 1) in the second round. The time was 1:16.
OTHER RESULTS
Julian Delgado W4 Juan Tamez (middleweight)
Ruben Villa IV W10 Cristian Cruz (featherweight)
John Rincon W6 Yainel Alvarez (welterweight)
Charly Suarez W8 Louie Coria (jr lightweight)
BARRETT STOPS GILL IN TEN
Junior lightweight Zelfa Barrett (31-2; 17) stopped Jordan Gill (28-3-1; 9) in the 10th round on Saturday night at AO Arena in Manchester, England.
Barrett dropped Gill twice with body shots in round 10 and eventually got a referee’s stoppage at 2:44. He won the WBA International title.
In a bout for the vacant WBO female lightweight title, Rhiannon Dixon (10-0; 1) outscored Karen “Burbuja” Carabajal (22-2; 3) over 10 rounds. Dixon dropped Carbajal in the third round to win with scores of 98-91, 97-92, 96-93.
In an IBF/WBO female junior featherweight unification bout, Ellie Scotney 9-0; 0 outpointed Segolene Lefebvre (18-1; 1). The scores were 99-91, 97-93, 96-94.
SIMSRI UPSETS OPBF CHAMPION FAJARDO
WBO No 5 Thanongsak Simsri (33-1; 30) won the OPBF light flyweight title from Filipino defending champ WBC No 12 Miel Fajardo (11-2-1; 10) on a 12-round unanimous points decision.
The scores were 117-110, 116-111, 115-112 on Saturday in Osaka, Japan.
WBC NO. 14 SHIMOMACHI HALTS DEKANARUDO
Japan's junior featherweight super bantam Toshiki Shimomachi (18-1-3; 12) retained the Japanese title when he dropped Tulio Dekanarudo (7-2-2;4) and won on a technical knockout at 1:07 of the fifth round in a scheduled 10 on Saturday in Osaka, Japan.
ZAKHOZHYI ANNIHILATES SHALA
In a clash of unbeaten heavyweights, Oleksandr Zakhozhyi (19-0; 15) of Ukraine demolished Germany’s Grant Shala (15-1; 5) in the second round on Saturday night at the AGON Sportpark in Berlin. The time was 2:25.