Sebastian Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) efficiently defended his tremendous welterweight world titles tonight, stopping Chordale Booker (23-2, 11 KOs) in solely 4 rounds of motion. Booker would begin the battle by utilizing a variety of lateral motion however he struggled to handle the vary with the absurdly tall Fundora. Booker was usually making an attempt to defend by stepping again however with Fundora’s attain, he was nonetheless in a position to tag him on the surface.
With every passing spherical Booker was feeling the continuous bodily strain utilized by Fundora, mixed with the psychological strain of understanding he couldn’t simply escape the lengthy arms of Fundora, and in addition wasn’t in a position to to beat Fundora at shut vary both. By the fourth spherical it was already obvious that Booker was wilting and Fundora landed some pictures that had Booker staggering, finally collapsing to the canvas for a knockdown. Booker would rise up to beat the rely however was nonetheless on unsteady legs, and the comply with up assault had Booker unable to defend himself to the place the referee would cease the battle on the 2:51 of Spherical 4.
Within the submit battle interview Fundora mentioned he would really like the chance to unify titles with one of many different 154 lb titleholders subsequent as he goals to go undisputed.
Undercard outcomes
Jesus Ramos Jr TKO-7 Guido Schramm. Jesus Ramos Jr (23-1, 19 KOs) had an opponent in Guido Schramm (16-4-2, 9 KOs) who was keen to convey it tonight, regardless of being closely outgunned. Ramos would strafe Schramm from early on within the battle, visibly hurting Schramm a number of occasions to the physique. Regardless of Schramm being recreation and keen to hold powerful, he would proceed to take punishment till he obtained caught with an enormous hook within the seventh spherical that put him out on his toes. The comply with up assault from Ramos would power the referee to step in and halt the battle on the 1:38 mark of Spherical 7. Within the post-fight interview Ramos mentioned he’ll be angling for the winner of tonight’s important occasion.
Elijah Garcia SD-10 Terrell Gausha. Terrell Gausha (24-5-1, 12 KOs) obtained the brief finish of the stick within the opening battle of the cardboard, shedding a break up resolution to Elijah Garcia (17-1, 13 KOs) in a battle he actually deserved to win. Gausha was portray Garcia with proper palms from the opening spherical and even scored a knocked within the first, and largely continued with the identical theme for the remainder of the battle. Garcia would regularly convey strain during however he actually struggled with defending straight pictures, largely as a result of his incapability to maintain his head off the road or fight Gausha’s superior timing. Regardless of that, after the ten full rounds judges turned in playing cards of 95-94, 94-95, 96-93 in favor of Garcia. The commentary group for Prime, together with Abner Mares who admitted he has a friendship with Garcia, would deride the choice.