Raymond Muratalla W12 Andy Cruz...At the Fountainbleau in Las Vegas, Raymond Muratalla kept his IBF lightweight title following a thrilling battle against two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz of Cuba.  The American star was an underdog beforehand, but he produced a strong performance to put pressure on Cruz throughout. At the end of twelve absorbing rounds, Muratalla prevailed via majority decision, but both boxers left with their heads held high. Muratalla came on strong in the championship rounds and that was enough to win by majority decision (114-114, 118-110, 116-112) to hold onto his belt. DAZN News had the fight scored a draw at 114-114. Muratalla (24-0, 17 KOs) was constant pressure and not letting Cruz get settled in so he could use his footwork and power jab. Being relentless paid off in the final two rounds as Cruz (22-1 including paid bouts in the World Series of Boxing) had no answer and couldn't land anything of substance to keep Muratalla off of him to suffer the first loss of his professional career.