Demetrius Andrade vs Jason Quigley – Results & Post Fight Report

Demetrius Andrade made a successful fifth defence of his WBO middleweight title at SNHU Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, as he dispatched the overwhelmed Jason Quigley inside two rounds.

Andrade is in search of the big fights having made several routine defences of a vacant title that he won in October 2020, while Quigley was having his first crack at world honours having served as WBO NABO champion.

Backed by a strong Irish presence in the crowd, Quigley made a positive start, but Andrade was rapid on the counter, landing with a short right hand that wobbled Quigley, and eventually felled him. The Irishman beat the count, but was clearly troubled by the champion’s power as he saw out the round.

Andrade has a habit of scoring early knockdowns and then being unable to finish the job, but he made no mistake here, with a ruthless win. The second saw another big right land for Andrade that made Quigley’s glove touch the canvas, but no knockdown was ruled. A knockdown came with a minute to go in the frame though, as a perfectly timed left hand forced Quigley to the floor once more. The end wasn’t long in coming, as a flurry of power punched dropped the challenger for a third time, and the referee called a halt to the action.

Thoughts for Andrade now turn to a meeting with WBC champion, Jermall Charlo, or he could end up meeting Gennady Golovkin, who defends his world titles next month.

There was controversy in the chief support, as Julio Cesar Martinez retained his WBC flyweight title, but his contest with McWilliams Arroyo ended in a disappointing no decision. In what was shaping up to be a classic, with both men on the deck in the opening frame, an accidental clash of heads in the second round forced Arroyo out of the fight, unable to see out of his right eye. Arroyo was down once more in round two, but the outcome was a hard one to take for Martinez and the fans as the challenger could not go on.

Murodjon Akhmadaliev retained his WBA (Super) and IBF super bantamweight titles with a win on the scorecards against the overmatched but competitive Jose Velasquez. Uzbekh Akhmadaliev was due to face Ronny Rios, but he was forced to withdraw due to COVID, and Velasquez was simply no match for the champion. Three scores of 119-109 confirmed a routine defence.

There was a cracking contest at super lightweight, where Kali Reis unified her WBA and IBO belts further, adding the WBO version with a tight and disputed split decision win over Jessica Camara. Two scores of 97-93 in Reis’ favour were enough to trump a third vote for Camara by a score of 95-94. The plans are for the ten stone division to have one champion, with WBC and IBF champion Chantelle Cameron almost certainly next for Reis. Cameron recently defeated Mary McGee last month in London.

Demsey McKean made a successful USA debut, and the Australian heavyweight stopped Don Haynesworth in the sixth round of their scheduled eight rounder.

At super lightweight, Nelson Perez took a lop-sided four round decision win against Raymundo Rios Cardiel by three scores of 40-34. and Thomas O’Toole knocked out Mark Malone inside a round at cruiserweight. Khalil Coe and Aaron Casper couldn’t be separated in a four round draw at light heavyweight.