British heavyweight Daniel Dubois received up from three visits to the canvas in Round 1 to cease South Africa’s Kevin Lerena within the third spherical and retain his WBA common heavyweight title on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in Saturday.
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Dubois was in bother early after showing to harm his proper leg and went down 3 times within the opening three minutes.
He recovered, but Lerena gained the second spherical on the judges’ scorecards as nicely.
However, issues modified in Round 3.
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Lerena, preventing in simply his fourth heavyweight bout, had by no means been dropped in his profession earlier than, but Dubois put him down with a brief straight proper within the third spherical.
Kevin Lerena’s second profession defeat
Lerena beat the rely, but Dubois moved in and threw a number of mixtures earlier than touchdown three heavy blows to the top that compelled referee Howard Foster to cease the bout.
Dubois improved to 19 wins (18 KOs) and one loss, whereas Lerena dropped to 28-2 (24 KOs).
Post-fight Lerena took to social media to jot down: “That is heavyweight boxing. I had Daniel down & hurt 3 times in round 1 & in the 3rd round I was on my ass & stopped on my feet. As I fighter I really thought I could continue on as the bell went …but It wasn’t my night ! I WILL BE BACK STRONGER THAN EVER. I gave it my all.”
Meanwhile, in the primary bout of the evening, Tyson Fury defended his WBC title with a tenth spherical technical knockout victory over Derek Chisora.
