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Fridays US Fights Report - Hopkins, McCall *Spoilers*


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Barthelemy Outclasses Ruiz/Solomon Defeats Hopkins/Boswell Tames ‘Atomic Bull’

 

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Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, FL, 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist, Yan Barthelemy improved to 12-2-(4), and a perfect 4-0 since teaming up with trainer Orlando Cuellar and signing with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, winning a 10 round unanimous decision over Francis Ruiz

 

The bout, scheduled for 10 rounds in the super bantamweight division, was promoted by The Heavyweight Factory in association with Star Boxing.

 

Barthelemy used accurate punching and a high work rate to dominate Ruiz, dropping him once in the third round. Ruiz hung tough but was simply over-matched against the highly skilled Cuban Barthelemy. In the end Barthelemy won by scores of 100-89, 98-91 and 97-92.

 

On the undercard world rated welterweight Brad Solomon, 17-0-(7), outscored Demetrius Hopkins, 30-2-1-(11), over 10 rounds. The scores were 97-93, 99-91, 99-91, all for Solomon.

 

In heavyweight action Cedric “The Bos” Boswell, 34-1-(26), scored a unanimous 10 round decision win over former world heavyweight champion Oliver “The Atomic Bull” McCall, 55-11-(37) to claim the vacant NABA title.. Boswell’s accurate left lead and combination punching gave him the edge in the fight. The judges scores read 99-91, 99-92 and 98-92, all for Boswell.

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