Bad Left Hook had it a bit wider, even, scoring the bout 119-109 on two separate score cards. Thurman (30-1, 22 KO) took the win via unanimous decision, with the judges scoring it 117-111, 118-110, and 118-110. Moments after dropping Resendiz with a sharp right-handed two-punch combo to the body and head, Garcia attacked with a flurry of punches in the corner, prompting referee Tony Weeks to stop the fight at the 1:23 mark of the eighth round.Keith Thurman is back in the welterweight title race, returning after nearly three years out of the ring with a solid win over Mario Barrios in tonight’s FOX PBC pay-per-view main event from Las Vegas. In the first match of the main card, Elijah Garcia (16-0, 13 KOs) remained undefeated with an eighth-round TKO of Armando Resendiz (14-2, 10 KOs) in a 10-round middleweight bout. Ramos also held an overwhelming edge with his power punches, landing 84 of 225 (37.3%) to Lubin’s 33 of 154 (21.4%). It was a peculiar decision considering the final punch stats from CompuBox, which had Ramos landing 29.1% of his punches (145 of 499) and Lubin landing just 17.3% (92 of 532). Judge Patricia Morse Jarman scored the fight 117-111, John McKaie had it 116-112, and Chris Migliore had the bout scored closest, 115-113. announced a unanimous decision in favor of Lubin (26-2, 18 KOs), who handed Ramos (20-1, 16 KOs) the first defeat of his career. The boos grew louder when ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. The co-main event, a 12-round WBC/WBA super welterweight world title eliminator bout between rising 22-year-old star Jesus Ramos and Erickson Lubin, turned into a sleeper with very little action that turned an energetic crowd from the Barrios-Ugás fight into a gathering of boos and hisses by the 11th round. Overall, Barrios landed 193 of the 810 punches thrown (23.8%) while Ugás landed 101 of 484 (20.9%). Something he did well, landing 20.1% (107 of 533) of the jabs he threw, per CompuBox, compared to Ugás landing a mere 13.4% (36 of 268). I listened to my corner and tried to time the jab.” “I have the size advantage against most of the dudes I fight. “It wasn’t about his eye, we’ve just been drilling using my jab more,” Barrios said. David Watson before the start of the 10th, 11th and 12th rounds. Ugás, popularly known as the man who sent Manny Pacquiao into retirement in 2021, needed to have his right eye checked by Dr. Instead, it may have revealed the end of his career. in his last fight behind him, a bout that saw him suffer a fractured right orbital in the 10th-round TKO loss. Ugás was hoping to put a loss to Erroll Spence, Jr. Ugás, who was making his return after a 17-month absence and was listed as a -250 favorite at FanDuel just before the fight, fell to 27-6 in his career. “Once I settled down a little bit and found that quick little jab, that’s when I was able to start picking up the pace.” “Early on he caught me with a nice liver shot that slowed me down a little bit,” Barrios said. What Crawford and the rest of the crowd witnessed was the tactician in Barrios taking Ugás apart round by round, knocking him down twice and shutting his surgically repaired right eye.īarrios set the tone early when he caught Ugás with a quick left jab to the nose that sent him to the canvas. There is also a possibility of the 28-year-old from San Antonio moving in line for one of the belts held by Crawford, who was in attendance Saturday night. I was super excited and I’m blessed to be in this position.”īarrios’ new title could become permanent if undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford moves up in weight. “All the work we put in out here in Las Vegas getting ready, it paid off. “It was unbelievable,” said Barrios (28-2, 18 KOs). It was Barrios’ second straight win since being mired in a two-fight losing streak to Gervonta Davis and Keith Thurman. Judges Steve Weisfeld and Chris Flores both scored the fight 118-107, while Tim Cheatham had it 117-108.
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