SAT, APR 29, 2017 10pm Eastern Time / 7pm Pacific Time Sam's Town Live, Las Vegas
Winner Claudio Marrero scored a shocking first-round KO of Carlos Zambrano to claim a 126-pound interim world title.
Fight HighlightsNathaniel Gallimore (18-1-1, 15 KOs) earned a sixth-round TKO over Jeison Rosario (12-1, 9 KOs) in a matchup of 160-pound prospects.
Claudio Marrero waited 3½ years for a second world title opportunity. He needed all of 90 seconds to make the most of it.
Years ago, a legend of the ring coined a phrase that gradually morphed into a cliché that nowadays rolls off the tongue of athletes in every sport. “To be the man,” pro wrestling icon Ric Flair once said, “you’ve got to beat the man.”
An injury to 200-pound champion Beibut Shumenov is putting an interim 126-pound title bout on a bigger stage.
