Going into the tenth and last round Saturday night in New York City, two judges had Felix Verdejo ahead by scores of 86-85 and 87-84. The other judge saw Antonio Lozada in front 86-85. So if Verdejo had survived the final 23 seconds, a 10-8 round for Lozada would have ended in a split decision going Lozada’s way 95-94, 96-93 for Lozada, 95-94 for Verdejo.

Congratulations to popular ring announcer Marc Lichtenfeld, whose new book: You Don’t Have to Drive an Uber in Retirement: How to Maintain Your Lifestyle without Getting a Job or Cutting Corners is an Amazon #1 Best Seller. This is his second book. The first one, Get Rich with Dividends is in its second edition, is published in several languages and won the 2016 Book of the Year award from the Institute for Financial Literacy. As far as we know, Marc the only published financial analyst who has ring announced world championship boxing matches on HBO, Showtime and ESPN.