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Former super middleweight titlist David Benavidez is still unbeaten and still a major threat in the division, routing and stopping Ronald Ellis in tonight’s Showtime main event.
Benavidez (24-0, 21 KO) stopped Ellis (18-2-2, 12 KO) at 2:03 of the 11th round, and was up on the cards 98-92, 98-92, and 99-91 at the time of stoppage.
Highlights from the fight:
A relentless @Benavidez300 stops Ronald Ellis in round 11 to stay unbeaten and one step closer to a title bout. #BenavidezEllispic.twitter.com/VYyWmtSXa5 SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) March 14, 2021
“I rate my performance pretty good but I know I could have done better. Ronald Ellis is a tough competitor. I just hope the fans like what they saw,” Benavidez said after the fight. “I threw a lot of combinations, punches in bunches. There were a lot of times I thought Ellis was going to quit but he didn’t. Hats off to him, he’s a tough guy. It was a little later than I wanted but a stoppag
DAVID BENAVIDEZ PUTS THE SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION ON NOTICE, STOPS RONALD ELLIS IN 11th ROUND OF SATURDAY’S SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® MAIN EVENT
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. – March 13, 2021 – Former two-time world champion David Benavidez kept his perfect ring record intact with an 11th-round technical knockout victory against veteran Ronald Ellis in their WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator main event on Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live on SHOWTIME from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., in a Premier Boxing Champions event.
Former two-time world champion David Benavidez kept his perfect ring record intact with an 11th-round technical knockout victory against veteran Ronald Ellis in their WBC Super Middleweight Title Eliminator main event on Saturday night’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast, live on SHOWTIME from M
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Rising undefeated super lightweight prospect Brandun Lee passed his latest test in dominating fashion in the highly anticipated main event on ShoBox: The New Generation, registering a devastating third-round knockout over Samuel Teah Wednesday night from Mohegan Sun Arena and live on SHOWTIME. Click here to watch Brandun Lee’s entry for ‘Knockout of the Year’ consideration.
The 21-year-old Lee (22-0, 20 KOs), a college junior from La Quinta, Calif., knocked down the veteran Teah (17-4-1, 7 KOs) for the first time in his career with a powerful combination, which was followed by a massive right hand that knocked Philadelphia’s Teah out cold ending the fight at 1:43 of the third round.
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