Usyk stops Dubois in the eighth round

Unified WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who fights from the southpaw stance, retained his titles when he knocked out the WBA regular champion Daniel Dubois in the eighth round on Saturday night in a rainstorm at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland.

Usyk was in control through the first four rounds as he completely dominated, but in the fifth round, Usyk dropped to the canvas from a low blow and was in obvious pain.

After being given time to recover by the referee, he continued to outscore Dubois even though Dubois did score with a few shots to the body with very little effect. The time was 48 seconds.

South Africa’s Stan Christodoulou, who was one of the judges, achieved two milestones: 50 years of world titles and 60 years as a boxing official.

UNDERCARD

WBO No 4 lightweight Denys Berinchyk (18-0; 9) outpointed Anthony Yigit (27-4-1; 10) over 12 rounds to retain his WBO International belt. The scores were 117-111, 115-113, and 116-112.

In a middleweight fight, WBO No 6 Hamzah Sheeraz (18-0; 14) stopped Dmitry Mytrofanov (13-1-1; 6) in the second round in a bout for the WBC silver title.

WBC No 5, IBF No 7, WBO No 7, WBA No 14 middleweight Fiodor Cherkaszyn (22-1; 14) lost on an eighth-round majority decision against Anuel Ngamissengue (13-0; 8).

Welterweight Vasile Cebotari (14-0; 6) stopped Joel Julio (39-18; 33) in the sixth round.

ANDERSON STOPS RUDENKO

WBO No 5, WBA No 7, and IBF No 15 heavyweight Jared “The Real Big Baby” Anderson (16-0; 15) stopped Andriy Rudenko (35-7; 21) in the fifth round on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

After a barrage of punches in the fifth round from Anderson, the referee stopped the fight. The time was 1:40.

WBC No 14 heavyweight Efe Ajagba (18-1; 13) won on a fourth-round disqualification against Zhan Kossobutskiy (19-1; 18).

COLLAZO RETAINS WBO MINI FLYWEIGHT TITLE

WBO mini-flyweight world champion Oscar “El Pupilo” Collazo (8-0; 6) retained his title when Garen “Hellboy” Diagan (10-4; 5) was unable to continue after the sixth round on Saturday night at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Junior bantamweight Juan Carlos “El Indio” Camacho Jr. (16-1; 8) stopped Jorge Luis Orozco (17-4-2; 11) in the first round in a Puerto Rico v Mexico clash for the NABF title.

Camacho scored two knockdowns with two body shots. The time was 2:31.

Former world champion Angel ‘Tito’ Acosta (24-4; 22) won on a 10-round unanimous points decision over Carlos ‘El Chocorroncito’ Buitrago (37-10-1; 21) in a flyweight bout, with scores of 99-91, 99-91, 98-92.

WALSH STOPS VELESCO IN FOUR ROUNDS

Irish junior middleweight ‘King’ Callum Walsh (8-0; 7) stopped Juan Jose Velasco (24-5; 15) from Buenos Aires, Argentina in the fourth round on Saturday night at the Commerce Casino in Commerce, California.

Light heavyweight Umar Dzambekov (7-0; 6) of Austria won in a first-round knockout over David Zegarra (35-11-1; 22) from Lima, Peru. The time was 1:59.

Welterweight Gor Yeritsyan (16-0; 14) from Hollywood by way of Armenia won in a second-round knockout against Rogelio Jun Dolinguez (25-5-2; 19) from the Philippines. The time was 24 seconds.

JALOOV WINS IN 2:06

2020 Olympic super heavyweight gold medallist Bakhodir Jalolov (13-0; 13) stopped Onoriode Ehwarieme (20-3; 19) at 2:06 into the first round on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Middleweight Sona Akale (8-1; 4) won on a six-round majority decision over Nico Ali Walsh (8-1; 5).

In a featherweight bout, Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (9-0; 5) took a one-sided eight-round unanimous points decision over Angel Contreras 13-7-2; 7. The scores were 80-72, 79-73, 79-73.

In an exciting 10-round main event, unbeaten flyweight Sergio “Yoreme” Mendoza (20-0; 17) of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, defeated countryman Erick “Habanerito” Lopez (16-10-2; 10) of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico by a split decision.

WBA REGULAR CHAMPION WINS

In a non-title fight over 10 rounds, WBA regular minimumweight champion Erick “Mini Pacman” Rosa returned to action after being out for 20 months.

Rosa (6-0; 2) stopped Orlando Pino (14-2; 8), who did not answer the bell for the ninth round.