Caroline Dubois floored Camilla Panatta within the sixth spherical as Britain’s WBC light-weight champion defended her title with a dominant factors win.
Dubois showcased her punching energy, dropping her Italian opponent with a proper hook, after which sealed a unanimous-decision victory with three scores of 99-90 on the Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua undercard in Miami.
The unbeaten 24-year-old might be on a collision course with American Alycia Baumgardner, who referred to as for a battle in opposition to the Brit, after she defended her WBO and IBF super-featherweight titles with a factors win over Canadian Leila Beaudoin.
In a transfer to realize equality in boxing, Baumgardner’s struggle in opposition to Beaudoin was over three-minute rounds, the identical as male fighters, and the Detroit fighter had vacated considered one of her belts to make sure longer rounds had been launched.
Beaudoin was floored within the seventh spherical, however offered cussed resistance till the ultimate bell as Baumgardner took a unanimous-decision victory with totals of 117-110, 117-110 and 118-109.
Earlier within the night, two former UFC champions shared the ring as Anderson Silva produced a ruthless second-round stoppage of Tyron Woodley.
Silva unloaded a jolting uppercut, adopted by cuffing hooks, and Woodley wilted to the canvas.
Woodley rose shakily to his ft, however the referee waved the struggle off, with the American’s nook staff signalling he was unable to proceed.
