Hammer, Boots, King Tug victorious

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In a WBC super welterweight title eliminator, Erickson “Hammer” Lubin (23-1, 16 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Terrell Gausha (21-2-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night in the Mohegan Sun “Bubble” in Uncasville, Connecticut. Lubin had the edge for the first nine rounds. Gausha rocked Lubin in round ten but let the opportunity pass. Lubin stunned Gausha in the twelfth to punctuate a 115-113, 116-112, 118-110.

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In a bout upgraded from ten to twelve rounds as a WBC featherweight eliminator, WBC #2 rated Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar (12-1,9 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over previously unbeaten Cobia Breedy (15-1, 5 KOs). Nyambayar dropped Breedy in both rounds one and two, but then was forced to go the full twelve. Scores were 115-111 Breedy, 114-112, 114-113 Nyambayar.

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Unbeaten welterweight Jaron “Boots” Ennis (26-0, 24 KOs) scored an impressive sixth round KO over Juan Carlos Abreu (23-6-1, 21 KOs). Southpaw Ennis dropped Abreu in round five. Then put him down twice in round six to end it. Time was 1:06. Abreu, who missed weight, forfeit 20% of his purse. It was the first time Abreu has been stopped.

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  • Wooooow, Ennis!!

    Shame on Abreu, as a “professional fighter,” for grossly missing weight because Abreu had specific intent to gain a significant, dangerous weight advantage on fight night.

    As a deterrent measure, it’s too bad boxing authorities did not impose higher financial sanctions and/or some form of subsequent brief suspension on Abreu, but that’s wishful thinking in boxing circles. I had deep concerns after round one (1) because Abreu looked significantly LARGER than Ennis, and Abreu is known as a heavy handed fighter.

    An impressive win for Ennis. I see Ennis causing trouble at 147 IF he maintains a humble discipline inside/outside the ring. In future fights, I hope Ennis does not encounter another fighter who purposely and grossly misses weight for a significant weight advantage on fight night because the health related risk(s) may far exceed the prize money – boxing fairness (weight) was not present in this fight.

  • Boots can fight. I wish he would tone down his ring attire. Like I, said the guy can fight!

  • What a load. Should have stopped that cheater of 75% of his purse. 20%? Nothing to lose and much to gain. Unfair but glad Ennis got that POS out of there properly

  • It’s a real pleasure to watch a fighter throw a wide variety of punches in combination on his way to an impressive knockout victory. Ennis displayed his full arsenal of punches and actually threw punches in combination while moving around Abreau. Too many boxers nowadays make a lot of moves but throw very few punches in doing so.

    I loved the uppercut that resulted in the first knockdown, but I didn’t like how wild he got in trying to finish Abreau in the 6th round. I heard his Dad telling him he should have used his jab first to set up the right hands to follow. He missed a lot of those wild shots but did enough to keep Abreau on unsteady legs till the ref stopped the fight.

    Ennis was the most impressive fighter of the night. His punches flow in beautiful combinations and he throws a lot of them with a high rate of accuracy. He looks more than ready for a title shot.

  • Ennis was at his best. Pedraza butted himself to victory thanks to ref Russell Mora.
    King Tug bout a barn burner

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