Middleweight contender Carlos Adames (23-1, 18 KOs) stopped former 154-pound titleholder Julian Williams (28-4-1, 16 KOs) in the ninth round of their scheduled 12-rounder.
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Junior middleweight contender Erickson Lubin knocked out Luis Arias at 2:11 of the fifth round of a scheduled 10-round bout.
Lubin (25-2, 18 KOs) had his way with Arias (20-4-1, 9 KOs) from the beginning, picking apart the underdog with a variety of punches and taking little in return.
Lubin finally put Arias down with a short right to the side of the head in Round 5. Arias failed to beat the count.
Lubin was coming off a ninth-round knockout loss against Sebastian Fundora in April of last year, meaning he had been out of the ring for 14 months.
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IBF 115-pound titleholder Fernando Martinez stopped Jade Bornea 29 seconds into the 11th round of a bloody, competitive fight to retain his belt.
The aggressive Martinez (16-0, 9 KOs) had his hands full with his Filipino opponent, who did a good job of keeping the champion at a distance and landing sharp blows from the outside.
However, Martinez did progressively more damage in the second half of the fight. The decisive blow was a left to the side of Bornea’s head in Round 9, which split Bornea’s right ear open and caused extensive bleeding.
Bornea (18-1, 12 KOs) was allowed to continue fighting but the referee decided in Round 11 that he needed to protect the challenger and stopped the fight.
Martinez, from Argentina, was making the second defense of the title he won by outpointing Jerwin Ancajas in February of last year.
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Middleweight contenders Carlos Adames and Julian Williams are scheduled to face off tonight (Saturday) at The Armory in Minneapolis (Showtime).
The featured bouts on the card begin at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT. The main event will take place later in the show.
Boxing Junkie will post the results of the main event and other featured bouts immediately after they end. Simply return to this post and refresh when the time comes.
Full coverage – a fight story, photo gallery and analysis – will follow on separate posts the day of the fight and the following day.
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