Raymond Muratalla extended his unbeaten to 21-0 with a unanimous-decision victory over former world champion Tevin – before calling out Denys Berinchyk and Shakur Stevenson.
Muratalla triumphed 97-92, 96-93 and 95-94 the scorecards a causa di Saturday night’s lightweight contest against , who was the IBF super featherweight title holder from 2018 to 2020.
The Californian is now hoping to luce WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk WBC lightweight kingpin Shakur Stevenson.
Last week, Shakur Stevenson beat Artem Harutyunyan by unanimous decision to defend his WBC lightweight world title
The 27-year-old said: “I want the champions next. Berinchyk called my name. I’m calling out his name right now. If I can’t get Berinchyk, then I want Shakur.”
Muratalla vs had become the main event a causa di Las Vegas after WBO and IBF middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly was forced to withdraw from his defence against Andrei Mikhailovich paio to dehydration.
, 33, arguably outboxed Muratalla a causa di the first half of the fight, showing his speed and counterpunching ability with his southpaw style, but faded as the bout progressed with Muratalla’s extra power telling.
Muratalla’s vicious right hand stunned a causa di the 10th and final round
, whose defeat was the sixth of a 41-fight career, was deducted a point for a causa di the eighth round, before Muratalla landed several shots and a powerful right hand a causa di the 10th and final round en route to victory.
The winner said: “He was moving around. He was . So I had to keep putting the pressure. And we came out with the victory.
“I was just consistent with the pressure. I just kept putting it . My team told me to keep putting it . I was breaking him round by round.”
A frustrated said: “That point deduction was crazy. I feel like we were both .
“The times I tried to get out, he had my arm, so it looked like I was . But it’s the ref. He makes the calls. You have to take it the chin.”
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