Interim WBC Middleweight Champion Carlos Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) stopped former unified champion Julian "J-Rock" Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) in the ninth round in the main event at the Armory Arena in Minneapolis. Adames actively led the fight and achieved a rather premature referee stoppage at 2:45 in the ninth round, much to the displeasure of the Williams team. At the time of the stoppage, Adames was leading on all three judges' cards: 80-72, 78-74 and 77-74. According to CompuBox statistics, the opponents landed roughly the same number of punches.
In a spectacular bout for the interim WBC super middleweight title, undefeated Sebastian Fundora (19-0-1, 13 KOs) scored an impressive ninth round TKO victory over Erickson Lubin (24-2, 17 KOs) in the main event of the evening at the Arena of the Virgin Hotel Theater in Las Vegas. Fundora was able to knock down Lubin in the second round, but he himself was on the floor in the seventh round. Lubin's corner stopped the fight after the ninth round. At the time the fight was stopped, Lubin was leading on all two scorecards 85-84, the third had a tie 85-85.
At the turn of March and April in the USA Sebastian Fundora (18-0-1, 12 KO) and Erickson Lubin (24-1, 17 KO) will fight for an interim WBC junior middleweight title.
In the potentially candidate Knockout of the year, WBC light middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) scored a bright KO in the first round over the previously undefeated Ericson Lubin (18-1, 13 KOs). A Charlo right hand laid out Lubin at 2:41.
Go inside top contender Erickson "Hammer" Lubin's preparations during training camp. The undefeated rising star faces WBC Super Welterweight World Champion Jermell Charlo in the co-main event of a championship boxing tripleheader - live Saturday, Oct. 14 at 10PM ET/7PM PT on Showtime.