In a battle of undefeated welterweights. Conor Benn took a 12-round unanimous decision over Peter Dobson at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Benn landed a lot of more of the telling shots in the fights, but Dobson was feisty and landed several solid right hands in the middle rounds. It was Benn’s work rate and effective punching that won him most of the rounds to the tune of 119-109 and 118-110 twice.
Benn landed 246 of 552 punches. Dobson was 146 of 505.
Benn, 150.6 lbs of Essex, ENG is now 23-0. Dobson, 150.6 lbs of Bronx, NY is 16-1.
Ammo Williams Stops Mbumba-Yassa in 7
World-ranked middleweight Austin Williams stopped Armel Mbumba-Yassa in a scheduled 10-round bout.
In round six, Williams hurt Mbumba-Yassa as he landed a body shot that sent hurt Mbumba-Yassa, Williams put him down with a barrage of punches in the corner. Williams continued the assault and hurt Mbumba-Yassa again in the round. In round seven, Mbumba-Yassa landed a perfect left that put Mbumba-Yassa straight down on his back under the bottom rope, and the fight was halted at 2:52
Williams, 159.8 lbs of Houston is now 16-0 with 11 knockouts. Mbumba-Yassa, 159.8 lbs of Leverkusen, GER is 10-1.
Fisher Stops Bezus in One
Popular English heavyweight Johnny Fisher brought his act to Las Vegas and his adoring fans followed as he scored an opening round stoppage over Dmytro Bezus in a scheduled eight-round bout.
Fisher unleashed a vicious flurry of head shots that forced referee Robert Hoyle to stop the bout at 2:51.
Fisher, 242.8 lbs of Romford, ENG is 11-0 with 10 knockouts. Bezus, 270 lbs of Severodonesk, UKR is 10-2.
Coe Destroys Osuna in 2
Khalil Coe scored the biggest win of his career with a second round stoppage of Gerardo Osuna in a light heavyweight bout.
In round two, Coe dropped Osuna with a hard right to the body. Seconds later Coe dropped Osuna for a second time with the same body shot. Coe made it three knockdowns with a jab to the body and referee Allen Huggins stopped the bout at 1:14.
Coe, 175.8 lbs of Jersey City, NJ is 8-0-1 with six knockouts. Osuna, Baja California, MEX 20-1.
George Liddard remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Andrew Buchanan in a battle of undefeated middleweights.
Liddard, 162.4 lbs of Essex. ENG won by 60-54 scores and is now 6-0. Buchanan, 164.4 lbs of Hesperia, CA is 3-1-1.
Jimmy Sains remained perfect with a first round stoppage of Alejandro Avalos in a four-round middleweight fight.
In round one, Sains dropped Avalos with a right hand to the head. Sains finished things off by landing a booming right that put Avalos down and the fight was immediately stopped by referee Alan Huggins at 2:47
Sains, 165.4 lbs of Essex, ENG is 3-0 with three knockouts. Alvalos, 161.6 lbs of Sam Antonio is 1-3.
