Yoni Valverde W6 Yusuf Adeniji ...  France's Yoni Valverde 16-0 took a victory by unanimous decision vs. Yusuf Adeniji of Nigeria in a difficult fight over six rounds. At the beginning of the first round, Valverde slipped and fell. Both boxers threw a large volume of punches, but not all of them landed. Valverde constantly sought to close the distance. Adeniji (16-1) took advantage of his long reach and tried to keep Valverde out of range. But the Frenchman was skillful and managed to get inside his opponent’s guard. The rhythm of the fight was cut short by the Nigerian’s constant clinching.

 

Bekizizwe Maitse W6 Iman Joshua Lee ...Bekizizwe Maitse of South Africa defeated Iman Joshua Lee of the United States by majority decision by showing great talent as a counter-puncher. Lee showed fast hands and landed punches, but the defense and counter-punching of Maitse were much better, and the referees had him ahead in the first two rounds. No matter how Lee tried to figure out his opponent, he couldn’t do it. By the fifth round, things were even, with all three judges having them tied. For the sixth round, Maitse was the one who connected more clearly. Maitse is now 9-1 while Lee suffers his first defeat in fifteen pro fights.

 

Muhamet Qamili W6 Troy Nash... Italy's Muhamet Qamili (17-0) edged Troy Nash of the United States in a nail-biting decision. The fight went to the tie-breaking system, and Qamili won it by the enhanced scoring system used for this tournament. In the penultimate fight of the third phase of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix, Qamili pressured Nash (5-1) throughout the fight, and although the American landed good punches, Qamili was able to get past his opponent’s guard and dictate the pace of the fight, which was a bit messy due to the constant clinching between the boxers.

 

Brandon Mejia W6 Ayubkhon Bakhtiyorov... Brandon Mejia took the victory by unanimous decision over Ayubkhon Bakhtiyorov of Uzbekistan. Mejia (11-0) is the only Mexican to advance to the semifinals of the Grand Prix tournament. From the first round, Mejia repeatedly shook Bakhtiyorov (8-1) with bombs. Both exchanged blows, but the Mexican got the better of it. Mejia Mosqueda moved well around the canvas, throwing punches from different angles that Bakhtiyorov couldn’t avoid, and that’s how he took the fight from start to finish.