In the main event, David Benavidez stopped Anthony Yarde in the seventh round to retain his WBC light heavyweight title.
Benavidez bullied Yarde in the corners and ropes before scoring a knockdown and stoppage.
Benavidez announced that his next fight will be against WBA and WBO cruiserweight Gilberto Ramirez in 2026.
That is an interesting fight, but not as interesting to me as Benavidez against either Dmitry Bivol or Artur Beterbiev.
Devin Haney knocked down Brian Norman in the second round and outboxed him the rest of the way to take Norman's WBO welterweight title via unanimous decision.
The win gave Haney a title in a third weight division.
Haney won by scores of 117-110, 116-111, and a way too close 114-113, with my score at 117-111.
Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez added the WBA crown to his junior bantamweight title (WBC and WBO) collection with a tenth-round KO of Fernando Martinez.
Rodriguez was way ahead when he ended the fight in the tenth.
The best fight was in the opener when Abdullah Mason won the vacant WBO lightweight title by a close unanimous decision over Sam Noakes.
Mason cut Noakes over his left eye early in the fight and forced the Briton to fight through the blood all evening.
The pair met toe to toe for much of the fight and produced an action-filled fight.
Mason won by scores of 115-113 on two cards (and mine) and 117-111 on the other.
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