Julian Williams outpunched Jarrett Hurd in a tremendous battle and won a 12-round unanimous decision to win the WBA/IBF Super Welterweight titles at the Eagle Bank Arena in Fairfax, Virgina.
The fight was a terrific battle that saw Williams land hard shots from the outside. In round two, Williams landed a hard left in the inside that sent Hurd to the canvas. Hurd was hurt, but he came back to land some vicious shots, and the fight was on. Williams fought Hurd’s fight, and surprisingly pounded the bigger man on the inside. Williams subtle moves to not only land his own power shots, thwart any momentum that Hurd could sustain.
In round six, Williams started to swell around the left eye. That did not seem to be much of a problem, because every-time he would eat two or three, he gave back four or five and divided those shots between the head and body.
In round eight, Hurd began to bleed around his right eye. Hurd tried to turn things around in the late going, but Williams stood in and fought Hurd and solidified his lead as he was dominant in the 2nd half of the fight.
Williams, 153.8 lbs of Philadelphia won by scores of 116-111 and 115-112 twice to become a unified world champion with a record of 27-1-1. Hurd, ,153.8 lbs of Accokeek, MD is 23-1.
Mario Barrios stopped Juan Jose Velasco in round two of their scheduled ten-round super lightweight bout.
Barrios dropped Velasco with a hard left to the body in round two, and he could not beat the count at 1:16.
Barrios, ,143 lbs of San Antonio, Texas is 24-0 with 16 knockouts. Velasco, 143 lbs of Argentina is 20-2.
Matt Korobov and Immanuwel Aleem fought to a 10-round majority draw in a middleweight bout.
Korobov was announced the winner via majority decision in the ring, but later changed if re-reading the scorecards.
Korobov took most of the early sessions, and he rocked and cut Aleem with a hard left in round six. Aleem had a good last couple of rounds, but it was too little, too late as Korobov won by scores of 95-95,97-93 and 95-95
Korobov, 160.8 lbs of Russia is now 28-2-1 Aleem, 159.6 lbs of East Meadow, NY is now 18-1-2.
“I didn’t feel like he was doing enough. I was trying to use my range. He was just touching me. I realized when I started hitting him that he didnt have the gas.,’’ Aleem said. “I am faster than people think. I see open shots better than people expect. I made a statement tonight and I want to keep making statements.”
“I felt heavy and not totally sharp enough. It was hard to react and stop him from going inside. I have things to work on.,’’ Korobov said. “He was tougher than I expected. He wasn’t as strong as Charlo, but he is a really good fighter. He kept coming forward. He wasn’t afraid. He just kept throwing punches.”
