Floyd Schofield claimed the vacant WBA lightweight title, while Sergio Mendoza delivered the night’s biggest upset by stopping unified flyweight champion Ricardo Sandoval on Saturday Schofield Wins WBA Title As Sergio Mendoza Upsets Sandoval @ Boxing News 24
Floyd Schofield defeated Lucas Bahdi by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA lightweight championship at Wintrust Arena in Chicago on Saturday. In the co-feature, Sergio Mendoza scored an upset victory by stopping unified flyweight champion Ricardo Sandoval in the fifth round to claim the WBA and WBC flyweight titles.
Schofield took the decision with scores of 116-110, 119-108, and 115-111 despite receiving an 11th-round knockdown against Bahdi. Mendoza dropped Sandoval twice in the second round and once more in the fifth before referee Mark Nelson stopped the contest at 0:24.
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