Carlos Adames Remains 160-lb Champion After Lacklustre Terrell Gausha Fight

Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) remains the WBC middleweight champion, in spite of a lacklustre showing against Terrell Gausha (24-4-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night.

Scores for the contest were 119-109 and 118-110 (x2) for the Dominican. Although the final tallies had it wide for Adames, the bout itself was unremarkable with a lack of action from either fighter. With the win, Adames made the first defence of his world title, having been promoted to full titlist after Jermall Charlo was stripped of the belt.

Their bout took place on the undercard of Gervonta Davis’ WBA lightweight title defence against Frank Martin at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Fight fans could catch the action live as a pay-per-view on Prime Video. PPV.com and TrillerTV also had the card available in several regions.

Be sure to check back at Big Fight Weekend for the recap of Davis vs. Martin.

Carlos Adames Remains 160-lb Champion After Lacklustre Fight

Carlos Adames vs. Terrell Gausha recap

The fight began cautiously, with both men throwing out the jab occasionally. Adames was slowly pressing forward, but neither him nor his opponent did much of substance in the early rounds. While the reigning champion was winning the rounds by pressing forward and doing slightly more than his opponent, little was landed by either fighter.

Both fighters did pick things up from the seventh round onwards, throwing and landing a few combinations. From then till the end of the fight, it was a period that saw Gausha have a fair bit of success. However, this was mainly a result of a lack of activity from Adames. In the end, the judges still had Adames winning wide, allowing him to hold on to his world title.

Televised undercard

On the preliminary portion of the undercard that was available for free on YouTube, Kyrone Davis (19-3-1, 6 KOs) won a split decision against Elijah Garcia (16-1, 13 KOs). While one judge shockingly had it 98-92 for Garcia, the other two had it 97-93 for Davis. This should have been a unanimous decision for Davis, there was no way Garcia won this fight.

Mark Magsayo (26-2, 17 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Eduardo Ramírez (28-4-3, 13 KOs, 1 NC) in a 10-round super featherweight fight. Scores were 99-90 and 97-92 (x2). Ramírez went to the canvas once in round three.

Opening the televised portion of the undercard, Justin Viloria (6-0, 4 KOs) won via technical knockout against Ángel Contreras (15-9-2, 9 KOs). The time of stoppage for this six-round super featherweight contest was 2:02 of the fifth. Contreras went down once in the fourth and twice in round five before referee Robert Hoyle ended proceedings.

Untelevised undercard

Brayan Gonzalez (1-0, 0 KOs) won a unanimous decision against James Mulder (0-2, 0 KOs) in a four-round super bantamweight fight. Scores for the contest were 40-35 across the board. Mulder went to the canvas twice in round one.

Daniel Blancas (10-0, 5 KOs) won via technical knockout against Aro Schwartz (23-8-1, 15 KOs). The time of stoppage for this eight-round super middleweight clash was 1:50 of the first.

Reina Tellez (8-0-1, 5 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Beata Dudek (4-2, 4 KOs) in a four-round featherweight clash. Scores for the bout were 40-36 across the board.

Margaret Whitmore (3-0, 0 KOs) won a majority decision against Mia Ellis (7-3, 6 KOs) in a four-round super featherweight bout. While one judge saw it 38-38, the other two had the fight 39-37 for Whitmore.