James DeGale won the IBF Super Middleweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over Andre Dirrell in Boston.
In round two, DeGale was cut over his right eye. Later in the round, DeGale landed a hard left that sent Dirrell to the canvas. Dirrell got to his feet but a follow uo flurry sent Dirrell to the canvas for a 2nd time.
DeGale, 167.2 lbs of Hammersmith, UK won by scores of 117-109 and 114-112 twice and is now 21-1. Dirrell, 167.8 lbs of Flint, MI is now 24-2.
Edwin Rodriguez scored a 3rd round stoppage over previously undefeated Craig Baker in a scheduled 10-round Light Heavyweight bout.
Rodriguez landed a plethora of hard right hands and the fight was stopped.
Rodriguez, 176 lbs of Worcester, MA is now 27-1 with 18 knockouts. Baker, 175.6 lbs of Baytown, TX is now 16-1.
Danny O’Connor scored five knockdowns en route to a fifth round stoppage over Chris Gilbert in a Welterweight bout scheduled for eight rounds.
In round one, Gilbert’s face began to redden. The next round saw O’Çonnor work the body and score a knockdown from a left to the body. Seconds later a punch on the belt line dropped Gilbert for a 2nd time. O’Connor scored a knockdown in round three from another straight left to the body. Later in round three, Gilbert was cut over the right eye.
In round five, O’Connor dropped Gilbert again from a straight left. Seconds later, O’Connor ended things with another left that sent Gilbert for the 5th and final time at 1:04 of round five.
O’Connor, 147.4 lbs of Framingham, MA is 26-2 with 10 knockouts. Gilbert, 146 lbs of Windsor, VT is 13-2.
Jonathan Guzman kept his perfect knockout streak alive by stopping Christian Esquivel in a scheduled 8-round Featherweight bout.
Guzman cut Esquivel in round five over the right eye and the fight was stopped in between rounds.
Guzman, 124.6 lbs of Dominican Republic is 19-0 with 19 knockouts. Esquivel, 123.2 lbs of Mexico is now 27-7.
