Jared Anderson (17-, 15 KOs) remained undefeated, but had to deal with an very passive Ryad Merhy (32-3, 26 KOs).
Scores have been 100-90 (x2) and 99-91 for Anderson, who wins by way of unanimous final decision. The fight was the main celebration of an April 13 Top Rank card at the American Lender Centre in Corpus Christi, TX. Viewers in the United States ended up capable to catch the motion are living on ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes.
Jared Anderson Victorious in Uninteresting Affair
Jared Anderson vs. Ryad Merhy recap
The two fighters utilised the opening round to get a feel of every single other, with Anderson inching to Merhy. Even though “The Authentic Huge Baby” was consistently throwing his jab, not a lot was coming from his opponent. Even with Anderson buying up the activity, Merhy just refused to have interaction, only throwing and landing the occasional shot. The crowd produced their displeasure acknowledged for most of the combat.
Merhy was passive for virtually the overall fight. Anderson threw each and every punch he had in his arsenal, but was not able to string alongside one another a mix that troubled the Belgian. As a result, Merhy saved transferring on the back foot and staying at the very least an arm’s size away from Anderson. Such was the absence of motion in this battle that Top Rank have not posted any highlights on their X account as this piece goes printed.
Post-battle interview
“All of ’em,” stated Anderson when questioned what was future. “If I’m ranked with you, if your title is around mine, we can get it cracking, person. The True Massive Baby, guy, we coming to knock every person off. We coming for them titles and we coming to fucking win.”
Efe Ajagba and Robson Conceição Victorious
In an entertaining heavyweight contest, Efe Ajagba (20-1, 14 KOs) gained a split determination in opposition to Guido Vianello (12-2-1, 10 KOs). While just one decide observed it 96-94 for Vianello, the other two observed it 96-94 for Ajagba. There was a good deal of back again-and-forth in this 10-rounder, but in the close the Nigerian did adequate to convince two judges that he won.
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Robson Conceição (18-2-1, 9 KOs, 1 NC) defeated Jose Guardado (15-2-1, 5 KOs, 1 NC) by seventh-round complex knockout. The time of stoppage for this eight-spherical super featherweight battle was 2:27. Guardado went down from a human body shot with a lot of time remaining in the seventh. A barrage of punches from Conceição despatched his opponent down after yet again. At that position, referee Jon Schorle waved off the clash.
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Other undercard outcomes
In middleweight motion, Julian Delgado gained his experienced debut by way of unanimous choice from Juan Tamez (1-1, KOs). Scores for the four-round bout had been 40-36 (x2) and 39-37.
Ruben Villa (22-1, 7 KOs) defeated Cristian Chacón (22-7-1, 11 KOs) through unanimous determination in a 10-round featherweight clash. Scores were 98-92 (x2) and 97-93.
John Rincon (9-, 2 KOs) gained a the greater part selection in opposition to Yainel Alvarez (3-4-2, 1 KO) in a 6-round welterweight bout. Though one particular judge experienced it 57-57, the other two observed it 59-55 and 58-56 for Rincon.
Abdullah Mason (13-, 11 KOs) gained through technical knockout versus Ronal Ron (14-6, 11 KOs) in an 8-spherical light-weight fight. Ron went to the canvas in rounds just one and three. A barrage of punches for Mason triggered referee Laurence Cole to conclude proceedings at 1:02 of the fourth.
Charly Suarez (17-, 9 KOs) gained a unanimous conclusion against Luis Coria (15-7, 7 KOs). Scores for the 8-spherical tremendous featherweight bout ended up 77-74 (x2) and 76-75. Suarez went to the canvas the moment in spherical 8.
Alejandro Guerrero (13-4, 10 KOs) defeated current Prime Rank signee Jalen Walker (12-1-1, 10 KOs) by way of seventh-spherical stoppage. The 8-spherical super featherweight combat was stopped at the 1:35 mark immediately after Walker’s corner intervened. Guerrero also despatched his opponent to the canvas in round two.
Ali Feliz gained his professional debut towards Anthony Woodson III (1-2, 1 KO) via second-spherical technological knockout. The 4-round heavyweight contest arrived to an stop at the 1:16 mark.