Curtis Stevens vs. James De la Rosa

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Curtis Stevens 157 lbs beat James De la Rosa 160 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

  • WBC Continental Americas Middleweight Title (1st defense of Stevens)

Notes

  • Televised HBO undercard bout to theAndre Ward versus Sergey Kovalev T-Mobile Arena main event in Las Vegas.
  • De La Rosa down from a left hook to the head in the first round.
  • Stevens was deducted a point in round eight for low blows.
  • Stevens injured his left hand at some point, forcing him to throw right hands for the majority of the bout.
  • De La Rosa appeared to win rounds three, four and five as he outpunched Stevens slightly in those rounds.
  • Unanimous decision for Stevens. De La Rosa took his best shots, fought back and was 'in the house' but got outworked in the stretch.


Preceded by:
Stevens vs. Teixeira
WBC Americas Middleweight Title Fight
# 49
Succeeded by:
Stevens vs. Lemieux