Nico Ali Walsh is fortunate to have maintained his perfect record.
The grandson of Muhammad Ali eked past Reyes Sanchez by a majority decision in a four-round middleweight bout on the Vasiliy Lomachenko-Richard Commey card Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Ali Walsh (3-0, 2 KOs) seemed on the verge of ending the fight in Round 2, when he hurt Sanchez (6-1, 2 KOs) with a wide right with about 30 seconds to go but he couldn’t finish the job.
Sanchez rebounded well, fighting aggressively in Round 3 and landing many power shots as the inexperienced Ali Walsh suddenly seemed lost.
Round 4 was close, which left the decision in doubt. However, the judges thought Ali Walsh did enough to win. The scores were 40-36, 39-37 and 38-38.