Conor Benn evened his series with Chris Eubank Jr with a dominant unanimous decision win in London.
Eubank, who won the first fight earlier this year in what might be the fight of the year, looked spent as Benn outboxed the older man throughout and avoided any counters.
Benn dropped Eubank twice in the final round and would have likely stopped his foe with even a few more seconds remaining in the fight.
Benn announced plans to return to welterweight for potential title challenges of either WBC champion Mario Barrios or IBF titleholder Lewis Crocker, both of which Benn would be favored against.
Eubank Jr should consider retirement, but likely will not, even if a third fight seems unlikely after Benn's easy victory.
On the undercard in a fight I have yet to watch, Jack Catterall knocked Ekow Essuman in the eleventh round of a welterweight eliminator.
Catterall was fighting in the division for the second time, while Essuman had scored his biggest career win in his previous fight over former champion (and Catterall foe) Josh Taylor.
In Mexico, Rafael Espinoza retained his WBO featherweight title when challenger Arnold Khegai was unable to answer the bell for round eleven.
Espinoza hammered the gutsy Khegai throughout the fight, rendering Khegai's face into a swollen mask.
I didn't see the co-feature, but most seem to believe Lindolfo Delgado was given a split decision in his junior welterweight eliminator against Gabriel Valenzuela
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