Johnny Fisher Edges Michael Pirotton as Kalajdzic Drops Richards: Zuffa Boxing 11 Results
Johnny Fisher got the win in the Copper Box main event, but Michael Pirotton made him work for every bit of it. Elsewhere, Craig Richards was dropped late by Radivoje Kalajdzic, while Leo Ruiz handed Cesar Mateo Tapia his first defeat.
Main event: Fisher edges Pirotton
Johnny Fisher (15-1-0) beat Michael Pirotton (12-3-0) by majority decision after 10 rounds. Fisher started strongly, but Pirotton kept coming as the London heavyweight tired. By the finish it had become a scrap, and the cards reflected that: 98-92 and 96-95 for Fisher, with the third judge scoring it 95-95. A win for Fisher, certainly, but no easy night back.
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Radivoje Kalajdzic (31-3-0) took a unanimous decision over Craig Richards (20-5-1) after 10 rounds. Richards was still fighting back in the last, only for Kalajdzic to put him down in the closing seconds. All three judges had it 97-92. That is a rough way for Richards’s London homecoming to end.
Lee Cutler (17-2-0) outpointed Louis Greene (19-5-0) by unanimous decision over 10 rounds. Greene had his moments, but Cutler did enough across the fight to take cards of 98-92 and 97-93 twice.
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Leo Ruiz (18-1-0) handed Cesar Mateo Tapia (18-1-1) his first loss, winning their middleweight fight by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. Tapia began well, but Ruiz finished stronger and took the cards 97-93 and 96-94 twice.
Rogelio Romero (7-0-0) stopped Aurel Ignat (11-1-0) by TKO in round three of their cruiserweight bout, giving Ignat his first defeat.
Over eight rounds at featherweight, Alexis De la Cerda (10-0-0) won a unanimous decision against Cain Lewis (10-1-1). Lewis also suffered his first loss.
Kayla Allen won her professional debut when Edina Kiss (17-21-0) retired on her stool after round three. The result was recorded as an RTD.
Alex MacMillan (5-0-0) put Guillaume Azagier (2-1-0) down twice in the opening round and once more in the second, taking a round-two TKO win.
Another debutant, Fred Pullen, beat Leonardo Faretina (8-9-2) on points over four rounds. Pullen also dropped Faretina in round two.
Fisher leaves with the headline win. Kalajdzic leaves with the result that may have changed the most.
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