Headlining “Superfly,” Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (44-4-1, 40KO) annihilated Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-2-1, 38KO) by fourth round knockout to retain his WBC super flyweight title on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
The long awaited United States debut of WBO super flyweight world champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue (14-0, 12 KOs) of Yokohama, Japan, didn’t disappoint as he tormented top contender Antonio “Carita” Nieves (17-2-2, 9 KOs) for six one-sided rounds.
German boxer Marco Huck was well prepared for a fight with Ukrainian Alexander Usyk, but could not stand the speed of the opponent. This opinion in Instagram was expressed by the Russian boxer IBF cruiserweight champion Murat Gassiev.
WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev breaks down the first fight of the World Boxing Super Series tournament between the Ukrainian Alexander Usyk and the German Marco Huck, which ended by the Usyk’s TKO victory in the 10th round.
Egis Klimas manager of Alexander Usyk commented on the performance of his fighter in the battle against Marco Huck September 9 in Berlin.
WBO cruiserweight champion Alexander Usyk (13-0, 11 KOs) won a tenth round TKO victory over former longtime world champion Marco Huck (40-5-1, 27 KOs) and went to the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series, in which he will meet with the winner of the Mairis Briedis vs Mike Perez fight which will take place on September 30 in Riga, Latvia.
A live broadcast of the quarterfinal bout from Berlin, Germany, at the arena of Max Schmeling Halle, in the main event of which WBO cruiserweight champion Ukrainian Alexander Usyk will hold his third defense of his title in a fight against former world champion Marco Huck of Germany. This meeting will be a quarterfinal battle in the debut season of the World Boxing Super Series.
A unique boxing tournament requires special rules. In the World Boxing Super Series there will be an additional fourth judge whose scorecard will be used if the main three judges deliver a draw result.
Former champion Marco Huck (40-1-4, 27 KOs) says that he has a good feeling before the fight with world champion Alexander Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) and is determined to defeat the Ukrainian in Berlin. Here are the words of the former WBO and IBO belts holder:
In a clash for the vacant super middleweight world title, 20-year-old David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez became the youngest super middleweight champion in history and the youngest reigning boxing world champion in the sport today. Benavidez (19-0, 17 KOs) scored a twelve round split decision over Ronald “The Thrill” Gavril (18-2, 14 KOs) on Friday night at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. In a tough and gritty fight, Benavidez survived a twelfth round knockdown to prevail by scores of 116-111, 117-111. Gavril was up 116-111 on the third card.
