Follow all the action LIVE!! from Staples Center as Bernard Hopkins defends the undisputed Light Heavyweight championship of the world when he takes on top contender Chad Dawson. The card will begin at 9pm eastern/ 6 pm Pacific with a three fight undercard featuring Lightweight Jorge Linares and Antonio DeMarco; Jr. Welterweight Danny Garcia and Kendall Holt and the action starts off with Paulie Malignaggi taking on Orlando Lora
12 Rounds–Undisputed Light Heavyweight Title–Bernard Hopkins (52-5-1, 32 KO’s) vs Chad Dawson (30-1-1, 17 KO’s)
Round 1 Lead right from Hopkins..Dawson lands a combination…Dawson 10-9
Round 2 TARVER THROWS HOPKINS DOWN TO THE CANVAS…THE FIGHT IS RULED OVER AND SOME HOW THE FIGHT IS GIVEN TO DAWSON VIA KO 2
12 rounds WBC Lightweight Title—Antonio DeMarco (25-2-1, 18 KO’s) vs Jorge Linares (30-1, 20 KO’s)
Round 1 Linares lands a right hand/left hook…10-9 Linares
Round 2 20-19 Linares
Round 3 Linares lands a right…left…combination…30-28 Linares
Round 4 Good combination from Linares…40-37 Linares
Round 5 3 punch combination from Linares…Hard right….50-47 Linares
Round 6 Hard right from DeMarco…hard right from Linares…DeMarco landing some hard shots…Linares bleeding from the nose…2 body shots from Linares…uppercut from DeMarco...59-57 Linares
Round 7 DeMarco sees the blood and is pushing the action more…68-67 Linares
Round 8 Linares landing combinations and moving…Linares cut over right eye…Hard right from Linares….78-76 Linares
Round 9 Linares lands combinations…DeMarco trying to be aggressive..triple left hook from Linares…88-85 Linares
Round 10 Linares landing aZnd moving…98-94 Linares
Round 11 DeMarco battering a bloody Linares all over the ring LANDING SOME FLUSH SHOTS…LINARES IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AND THE FIGHT IS STOPPED
WINNER BY TKO ROUND 11–ANTONIO DEMARCO
12 ROUNDS–JR. WELTERWEIGHTS–KENDALL HOLT (52-5-2, 32 KO’S)VS. DANNY GARCIA (21-0, 14 KO’S)
ROUND 1 Hold lands a nice right hand…10-9 Holt
Round 2 Hard right by Holt...19-19
Round 3: Garcia lands a hard right…body work…jab…hard body shots29-28 Garcia
Round 4 Garcia lands a left hook…39-37 Garcia
Round 5 Holt lands a left…48-47 Garcia
Round 6 Holt lands a right…Big left from Garcia..Body shot and a combination..Left from Holt…58-56 Garcia
Round 7 Holt’s left eye starting to swell…68-65 Garcia
Round 8 Holt lands a left hook…Garcia lands a good combination…Mayweather lands a combination of the break…78-74 Garcia
Round 9 Hard left from Holt…good body shot and left hook…Hard right from Garcia…87-84 Garcia
Round 10 good right from Garcia…Quick left hook and a right…97-93 Garcia
Round 11 Holt lands a right…looping right from Garcia…Hard combination…107-102 Garcia
Round 12 Holt lands a right…Left hook …116-112 Holt
115-113 Holt…117-111 Garcia…117-111 Garcia
10 ROUNDS–WELTERWEIGHTS–PAULIE MALIGNAGGI (29-4, 6 KO’S) VS ORLANDO LORA (28-1-1, 19 KO’S)
ROUND 1 Lora lands a hard right that has Malignaggi holding on…Malignaggi lands a jab to the body and combination…10-9 Malignaggi
Round 2 Malignaggi boxing well..triple left hook…Lora 2 body shots….20-18 Malignaggi
Round 3 Maliganggi lands a 3 punch combination…30-27 Malignaggi
Round 4 40-37
Round 5 Lora cut over the left eye…Malignaggi lands a right…Lora lands a right…Malignaggi lands a body shot…50-46 Malignaggi
Round 6 Malignaggi lands an over hand right…60-55 Malignaggi
Round 7 Malignaggi being agressive landing combinations…70-64
Round 8 More of the same with Paulie getting off and landing…80-73
Round 9 Maliganggi lands a good right…90-82
Round 10 Good exchange with Malignaggi;s speed being the difference….100-91 Maliganggi
100-90; 98-92; 99-91 MALIGNAGGI
