Former world welterweight champion Sergey Lipinets (17-2-1, 13 KOs) defeated American Omar Figueroa Jr. (28-3-1, 19 KOs) in the main event of the Showtime TV show in Hollywood (Florida, USA) , reports bbabo.net correspondent.
In the second round, Lipinets, a native of the Aktobe region, knocked down his opponent. And after the eighth three-minute corner of Figueroa Jr. refused to fight. Thanks to this victory, Lipinets won the WBC Silver light welterweight title.
Recall that in this fight, Sergei replaced the controversial American Adrien Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs), who withdrew due to psychological problems.
Lipinets entered this fight as a boxer from Kazakhstan.
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