Gennady Golovkin was tested like never before, but he came out with a debated 12-round unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs at a near-capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden.
It looked like it was going to be another knockout for Golovkin as he dropped Jacobs from a hard left hand. Jacobs was able to get back in the fight as he switched to southpaw and flicked the jab, and then came behind it with a good combination. Jacobs seemed to take control of the 2nd half of the fight by using a slick combinations to befuddle to on charging champion.
The 12th round started out with both guys needing the round. It was a close round with both guys getting in some good shots.
Golovkin won by scores of 115-112 twice and 114-113 and is now 37-0. Jacobs is 32-2.
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai shocked what most boxing people believed to be the best fighter in the world, Roman Gonzalez by majority decision to capture the WBC Super Flyweight title
In round one, Gonzalez was dumped on the swat of his pants from a left to the body. In the next round, Gonzalez was cut iver his right eye from a headbutt. The two had many furious exchanges, and in round five, Rungvisai’s head got in the way again as another headbutt caused more blood over the right eye of Gonzalez.
In seemed that Gonzalez took over the majority of the middle rounds by outlanding Rungvisai in the main skirmishes in the middle of the ring. Rungvisai closed strong as he stepped on the gas pedal in round’s 11 and 12, gave as good as he got and that may have put him over the hump as he took two cards 114-112 and one card read even at 113-113.
Rungvisai, 114 lbs of Si Sa Ket, Thailand is now 42-4-1. Gonzalez, 114.6 lbs of Managua, NIC is 46-1.
Former world champion Carlos Cuadras won a 10-round unanimous decision over David Carmona in a super flyweight bout.
Cuadras, 115.6 lbs of Mexico City won two cards 97-93 and 96-94 and is now 36-1-1. Carmona, 115.8 lbs of Mexico city is 20-4-5.
Ryan Martin dominated and eventually stopped Bryant Cruz in round eight of their scheduled 10-round lightweight bout.
Martin controlled the action using his length and outlanded Cruz 233-129. A hard combination battered carmona and referee Harvey Dock stopped the bout 45 seconds into round eight.
Former middleweight champion, Andy Lee won an 8-round unanimous decision over Keandre Leatherwood in a middleweight bout.
Lee, 160 lbs of Limerick, IRL won by scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74 and is now 35-3-1. Leatherwood, 159.4 lbs of Birmingham, AL is 19-4-1.
Matt McKinney won 4-round unanimous decision over Jay-Carrigan-McFarlane in a heavyweight bout.
McKinney, 243.2 lbs of Oceanside, CA won on two cards 39-37 and 38-38 and is now 3-0. McFarlane, 241.8 lbs of Glasgow, SCOT is 2-1.
Serhii Bohachuk remained perfect by stopping Yasmani Pedroso in round three of their scheduled 4-round welterweight bout.
Bohachuk dropped Pedroso twice in round three, and the bout was stopped at 2:28.
Bohachuk, 146.8 lbs of Vintiza, UKR is 3-0 with 3 knockouts. Pedroso, 147.8 lbs of Miami, FL is 1-2.
