Nietes pulls off decision win over Colombian foe in ring comeback
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DONNIE Nietes showed he hasn’t lost a step as he dominated Pablo Carillo of Colombia in his comeback fight on Saturday night at the Caesars Palace Bluewaters in Dubai.
The 38-year-old four-time world champion came away with a unanimous decision win against Carillo to herald his ring return after a 27-month layoff in the undercard of the Jamel Herring-Carl Frampton title fight for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior lightweight championship.
Nietes won by scores of 96-95, 98-92, 99-91 to improve his record at 43-1-5 (23 KOs).
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A small crowd at a mostly empty venue will make for an unusual experience for Anthony Joshua on Saturday and the unified world heavyweight titlist hopes that will not be the only difference from his most recent fights.
Joshua has an alternative game plan to how he boxed against Andy Ruiz Jr. one year ago in their rematch, as he looks to secure the victory that would set up a bigger fight in the first half of 2021, either against rival world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury or former cruiserweight undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk, the WBO mandatory challenger.
Joshua will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO belts against Kubrat Pulev in front of 1,000 fans at The SSE Arena in London, his first fight in his native England since 80,000 saw him knock out Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium in September 2018.