The third-ranked Weidman, hoping to return for a 2019 title shot that now looms for Souza, absorbed hard body blows in the first round and was backed by a few straight rights, including one that jarred him earlier in the third. He had thrilled the crowd by entering the Garden again to Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.”

Source: Los Angeles Times November 04, 2018 05:26 UTC