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Richard Commey(29-2, 26 KOs) scored eighth round TKO win over Ray Beltran (36-9-1, 22 KOs) in the main event of the boxing evening in Temecula. Thus, a fighter from Ghana defended his IBF lightweight belt.
Ray Beltran (36-8-1, 22 KOs) failed to make the lightweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony before the night of boxing in Temecula, where he will fight today with Richard Commey (28-2, 25 KOs). The bout is the first defense of IBF belt for Commey. Commey was 134¼, Beltran was 136¾.
In Fresno, California, former lightweight champion Raymundo Beltran (36-8-1, 22 KOs) knocked out in the ninth round the previously undefeated Hiroki Okada (19-1, 13 KOs). The Japanese have been on the floor three times, once in the first and two times in the ninth round, before the battle was stopped.
In the main event of the evening in Glendale, Arizona, Jose Pedraza scored a unanimous decision over Ray Beltran and took away his WBO lightweight title. The scores were 117-110, 117-110 and 115-112. Thus, Pedraza will compete with WBA champion Vasyl Lomachenko in the unification battle on December 1 in the United States.