German Marco Huck retained his
WBO light heavyweight title by defeating Briton Ola Afolabi for a second time
on points in Berlin.
Huck’s victory was not
unanimous, with two favouring the Serbian-born fighter (117-111, 115-113) and
the other scoring it level (114-114).
Huck rocked the Londoner - who
had ‘Kryptonite’ written on his waistband - in the fourth then Afolabi came
back to finish strongly, landing a few hard blows, but it was not enough.
Huck, 28, improves to 36-2-1
(25 KOs) in making the 11th defence of his title while Los
Angeles-based boxer Afolabi, 33, is now 19-3-4 (9 KOs).
It was the third confrontation
between the two men: Huck won the first on points in 2009 and the rematch in
2012 ended in a draw.
Early last year Huck fought
WBA heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin of Russia but lost on points. (Source)
