BOSTON — Demetrius Andrade won the vacant World Boxing Organization middleweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Walter Kautondokwa of Namibia on Saturday night. Andrade (26-0, 16 knockouts) dropped Kautondokwa four times in the first four rounds, once in the first and third, and twice in the fourth. In the first round, Andrade dropped Kautondokwa with straight left hand while Kautondokwa was off balance. “It bothered me for about a week.”Andrade, of Providence, R.I., previously held in the WBO and World Boxing Association junior middleweight titles. “One of them will be against Andrade.”The fight was one of three world title bouts on the card.

Source: National Post October 21, 2018 17:19 UTC