Jermain Taylor battered Jeff Lacy early and survived an unofficial knockdown to win a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night. It seemed that Taylor had the fight wrapped up early but he didn’t finish the job in the fourth round. Lacy came back in the 5th round and caught Taylor with a punch that led to a knockdown, only the referee somehow didn’t see it that way and didn’t call it an official knockdown. Taylor won all three scorecards: 119-109 twice and 118-110.
Notable Undercard Results
– Kermit Cintron defeated Lovemore N’dou by unanimous decision in an IBF Welterweight title eliminator. The scores were 117-110, 115-112, and 117-111. The win places Cintron as the #1 contender to Joshua Clottey’s title.
– Heavyweight Chazz Witherspoon rebounded from his first career loss by scoring an 8th round TKO over Adam Richards.
– Allan Green fought in the light heavyweight division for the first time and defeated Carl Daniels by TKO in the 7th round.
– Deontay Wilder, the only American boxing medalist from Beijing, won his debut fight as a professional. Wilder scored a 2nd round TKO of Ethan Cox.
