Washington – Unbeaten former two-division champion Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (32-0, 19 KOs) earned a shutout unanimous resolution in his tremendous middleweight as he dropped Demond Nicholson (26-5-1, 22 KOs) twice throughout the ten rounds.
“I felt good, I can undoubtedly inform the distinction on the new weight,” stated Andrade, who gained by three scores of 100-88. “However the velocity and combos and utilizing my IQ was the plan at present and that’s what we did. The load was completely different.”
Andrade, a former world champion at 154 and 160 kilos, leapt at Nicholson and related with a left hand simply moments after the opening bell, setting the tone for the motion to observe. Andrade despatched Nicholson to the canvas in spherical two with a combo to the pinnacle, though Nicholson claimed the knockdown ought to have been dominated a slip.
Nicholson practically modified the tide early in spherical 5 as he appeared to attach with a physique shot on Andrade that despatched him to the canvas. Nonetheless, referee Malik Waleed referred to as the sequence a slip, earlier than Andrade rose to his toes to win the spherical.
“The one means I can say I’m the most effective is by preventing the most effective,” stated Andrade. “Everybody is aware of that Demond Nicholson is a canine. That’s why we took this combat. He took this combat as a result of he knew I used to be arising and he undoubtedly has the animal in him. He confirmed it at present.”
Andrade’s accuracy and quantity proved to be the distinction, as he related at a forty five% clip, out-landing Nicholson 145 to twenty-eight. Andrade punctuated his dominance with a knockdown within the closing spherical, touchdown an ideal counter that pressured Nicholson’s glove to hit the mat. Nicholson made it to the ultimate bell, however Andrade emerged with a dominant victory.
“We will look to see who’s accessible at 168 kilos,” stated Andrade. “I am simply going to get stronger, sharper and sooner.”