Undefeated WBA #2, IBF #14 lightweight Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield Jr. (18-0, 12 KOs) came off the canvas to win a twelve round unanimous decision over Rene “El Bravo” Tellez Girón (20-4, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Girón briefly staggered Schofield in round three, but overall Schofield was mostly in charge. Giron dropped Schofield in round eleven but Schofield recovered and finished the fight. Scores were 118-109, 118-109, 116-111.
“I feel good. It was my first time going 12 rounds, especially with a fighter that wasn’t going to back down,” said Schofield afterward. “It was a shot to the back of the head. I kind of turned my head, so he took the shot. I just had to get up, I’m not going to quit. (Talking about the knock down) I give myself a B+ only because I went 12 rounds with a fighter that had a lot of power. He’s a good, rough, tugged fighter that wouldn’t back down.”
In a WBA super middleweight eliminator, Bektemir “Bek Bully” Melikuziev (15-1, 10 KOs) scored a hard fought twelve round split decision over David “Dynamite” Stevens (14-2, 10 KOs). Scores were 116-112 for Stevens and 118-110, 117-111 for Melikuziev. Unfortunately for Bektemir, he missed weight yesterday and therefore will not reap the benefits of winning an eliminator.
In a historic clash for the undisputed female flyweight championship, undefeated IBF champion Gabriela “Sweet Poison” Fundora (15-0, 7 KOs) took the belts of WBA, WBC, WBO champion Gabriela “LA Chuky” Alaniz (15-2, 6 KOs) via seventh round knockout. Competitive fight until Fundora dropped Alaniz twice in round seven to end it. Time was 1:40.
Defending his WBA Intercontinental super middleweight title, undefeated Darius “DFG” Fulghum (13-0, 11 KOs) stopped Christopher Pearson (17-5-1, 12 KOs). Fulghum dropped Pearson in round one and punished Pearson until the bout was stopped by the referee in round three. Time was 1:02.
She’s much better than I thought she was. Good luck beating Fundora at 118 and below. It is going to be VERY difficult. Surely Esparza is next.
A fight with Senistra Estrada would have been great at 112 since they are both undisputed champions. But Estrada just announced her retirement.
Schofield vs Zepeda in near future winner maybe fight Stevenson for his WBC definitely keep Schofield away from Davis he not ready for him
No way Schofield is ready for Zepeda.
Watching Floyd Schofield here at the Virgin was so irritating. He held every time Rene got in close. Referee Thomas Taylor should’ve deducted points from Schofield for all the holding. Schofield could never hurt his Mexican opponent, so he held the shorter-armed Rene all night long. Very frustrating to watch!
Yeah, Nordic he didn’t look very good. He actually should stop calling out Shakur, for real though!
Floyd lost when he turned his back to opponent, that’s abandoning the fight. CASAC enforces the rules when they feel like it.
Schofield turned his back twice on Giron, but was fortunate his Mexican adversary didn’t blast him, as Zhang did to Wilder. I’m kinda shocked Referee Thomas Taylor didn’t take points away for all the holding Schofield did; after all, Taylor is the same ref who deducted a point from Rolly Romero for holding against Pitbull Cruz
Is this kid Bill Haney’s nephew? Schofield is soft.
That’s a weird thing to say about a guy who won 10 of 12 rounds in a step up fight.
Nothing is “soft” about a professional fighter.
The guy is like 22. Give the kid time to develop. No need to rush him. It was a good step up fight for him. You got other fighters or prospects way older still fighting bums. Don’t be so hard on the kid.
Good win for Shofield, he help a large lead and got off the canvas to secure the win.
I was there ringside. Rounds 3 & 11 were exciting, but the other rounds were frustrating. Long-armed guy lands punches; short-armed guy works his way inside & gets held every time he’s about to punch. Holding is illegal in boxing, but rarely gets enforced.