Michael McKinson bought again to successful methods after his defeat to Vergil Ortiz Jr in August as he claimed a six-round choice over Nicaragua’s Roberto Arriaza on the Billam-Smith-Xhojhaj undercard in Bournemouth.
McKinson, 28, had been unbeaten in 22 fights previous to being stopped by Ortiz in Texas as whereas he beat Arriaza clearly sufficient, the Nicaraguan gave him a great, strong exercise. The Portsmouth fighter was sharper and constructed an early lead by choosing Arriaza off, however as McKinson slowed after midway, Arriaza got here on robust and landed some respectable pictures when he tempted McKinson – who’s the WBA’s No 15 welterweight – into an trade.
Referee Chas Coakley scored it 59-55, giving Arriaza one spherical, presumably the fifth when he had his most success.
Lee Cutler recorded the very best win of his profession thus far as he claimed a six-round choice over former world-title challenger Joel Julio at super-welterweight.
The Colombian, who now lives in Barcelona, was as soon as a daily in world class and twice boxed for the WBO title – in opposition to Serhiy Dzyndzyruk and Alberto Angulo – though that was greater than a decade in the past. Now 37, Julio got here into this off 9 straight defeats.
Cutler pressured Julio for the entire six rounds. Julio confirmed a little bit of ambition for the early rounds, however quickly settled right into a sample and was blissful to concede the spherical and work his method via.
Referee Sean McAvoy scored it 60-54 as Cutler boosted his file to 12-1.
Tremendous-featherweight Mace Ruegg moved to 8-0 with a four-round choice over Jahfieus Faure, whereas debutant Harvey Lambert kicked off his professional profession with a second-round stoppage of Sebastian Wojtan at super-welterweight.
Ron Lewis is a senior author for BoxingScene. He was Boxing Correspondent for The Occasions, the place he labored from 2001-2019 – overlaying 4 Olympic Video games and quite a few world title fights throughout the globe. He has written about boxing for all kinds of publications worldwide because the Eighties.