Photo: Premier Boxing Champions
David Benavidez added the WBA regular 175-pound title to his WBC interim honors with a 12-round unanimous decision over David Morrell on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Benavidez (30-0, 24 KOs) landed the more telling blows throughout the fight to earn the victory by scores of 115-111, 115-111 and 118-108. After an even start, Benavidez took control over the middle rounds, survived a knockdown in round 11 and saw that negated with a point deduction for Morrell (11-1, 9 KOs) for hitting after the bell.
In another major fight, Stephan Fulton (23-1, 8 KOs) lifted the WBC featherweight title from Brandon Figueroa (25-2-1, 19 KOs) with a UD12. Fulton won this rematch of a 2021 fight for super bantamweight titles by a more comfortable margin with scores of 117-111, 116-112 and 116-112. The decision in the first fight was disputed while this one was a clear victory for Fulton.
RESULTS
DAVID BENAVIDEZ UD12 over DAVID MORRELL JR.
STEPHEN FULTON UD12 over BRANDON FIGUEROA
ISAAC CRUZ UD10 over ANGEL FIERRO
MICO CUELLO TKO10 over CHRISTIAN OLIVO
JESUS RAMOS TKO8 over JEISON ROSARIO
