Williams vs Andrade LIVE result: WBO champion retains belt by unanimous decision
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Follow all the action as Demetrius Andrade defends his WBO world middleweight title against Liam Williams at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this evening.
Williams came up short when challenging for the 154lbs interim title against Liam Smith in 2017, however, he has been a rejuvenated force since teaming up with trainer Dominic Ingle, with the Welshman winning seven successive bouts by knockout to become mandatory challenger. “Unfortunately boxing is a sport where fighters can hide behind their sanctioning bodies, managers, promoters, broadcasters,” he said in the pre-fight build-up. “There are so many ways to worm your way out of fights these days. I have had to sit on the sidelines and wait my turn, I have tried being nice and being nasty, I have beaten everyone put in front of me... “I will not be denied any longer.”
Andrade, however, remains the favourite fighting on home soil, having won all of his 29 professional contests. He has held belts at both 154lbs and 160lbs and believes an impressive victory over Williams will set up a career-defining bout against Gennadiy Golovkin later this year. On the undercard, exciting prospects Otha Jones III and Mahammadrasul Majidov are among those aiming to take the next step towards headline fights in the future. Follow all the action live below:
GONGORA RETAINS IBO TITLE
Carlos Gongora retains his IBO super middleweight title to move to 20-0 as a professional.
GONGORA STOPS PEARSON
Carlos Gongora has stopped Christopher Pearson in the eighth round here after the American was forced down to one knee. He got back to his feet but then dropped down again as the swelling on his eye seemed to put him in real distress. Pearson watched the referee count him out before getting back to his feet in a dejected manner.
A disappointing end to the fight but a really impressive night’s work from Gongora.
WELSH WIZARDRY?
Will we see scenes that resemble this later tonight?
GONGORA BEATING DOWN PEARSON
In the chief support of the night here Carlos Gongora is bossing Christopher Pearson after seven rounds here. The Ecuadorian is punishing his American opponent with superb inside work as he closes in on retaining the IBO world title at 168 pounds.
ODDS
Andrade remains the strong favourite for tonight despite a lot of boxing experts feeling Williams has a real chance of springing a surprise.
Andrade - 2/5
Williams - 41/20
LAST TIME OUT FOR WILLIAMS
Meanwhile, Williams’ latest outing came against Andrew Robinson in October, a fight which lasted just 90 seconds before the Welshman got the knockout.
LAST TIME OUT FOR ANDRADE
Demetrius Andrade’s last fight came all the way back in January 2020 when he stopped Luke Keeler in a dominant display.
TALE OF THE TAPE
Here is everything you need to know about the two fighters in the main event this evening:
UNDERCARD
Here are the undercard results so far with two fights remaining:
- Aaron Aponte beat Javier Martinez by unanimous decision
- Alexis Espino beat Ty McLeod by unanimous decision
- Jorge David Castaneda beat Otha Jones III by majority decision
- Movladdin Biyarslanov beat Israel Mercado by majority decision
- Andrey Fedosov beat Mahammadrasul Majidov by first round knockout
WILLIAMS VS ANDRADE
Well then, can Liam Williams pull off the shock tonight and bring the WBO middleweight title back to Britain?
Not long to find out.
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