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Carlos Adames Outclasses Gerome Warburton Over 10 Rounds in His Zuffa Boxing Debut
Carlos Adames made his first night under the Zuffa Boxing banner a comfortable one. The WBC middleweight champion outpointed Gerome Warburton by unanimous decision in the main event of Zuffa Boxing 13 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, with the judges scoring it 100-90, 98-92 and 99-91.
The 10-round bout was fought at a 165-pound catchweight with Adames’ title not on the line, and it was his first fight in nearly eight months. After a steadily paced start, Adames opened up at the end of the fourth round, and from the fifth onward he repeatedly found a home for his right hand to the body of the southpaw Warburton, who spent long stretches of the fight moving and defending rather than engaging.
Warburton, who came in off back-to-back wins over Nathan Heaney, showed some life in the eighth round and stayed on his feet to the final bell, but the gap in class told over the distance. “I think he was just in the ring to basically survive. He wasn’t really here to win the fight,” Adames said of Warburton afterward.
Adames improves to 26-1-1 with 18 knockouts, while Warburton falls to 18-3-2. The win keeps Adames on course for bigger business at 160 pounds: the WBC has ordered him to make a mandatory defense next against unbeaten Meiirim Nursultanov, and that fight, with his world title on the line, is the one that now lies ahead.
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Justin Figueroa Settles the Score With Luis Caraballo Ramos in Four Rounds at the Tropicana
Justin Figueroa left no doubt this time. “Mr. Atlantic City” settled his rematch with Luis Caraballo Ramos by fourth-round stoppage on Friday night at The Showroom at Tropicana Atlantic City, headlining a seven-fight Boxing Insider Promotions card that produced four stoppages.
The rematch was eight months in the making. The two met in the same ring in March, and that fight ended in a no contest in the third round after an accidental foul left Caraballo Ramos unable to continue. On Friday, Figueroa controlled the scheduled eight-rounder behind his jab, taking over in the third with sharp combinations while Caraballo Ramos stayed aggressive but could not close the gap.
The end came quickly in the fourth. A body shot put Caraballo Ramos down early in the round. He rose, and Figueroa put him down again with a straight right, then a third time with a chopping overhand right, and referee David Franciosi stopped the fight.
“I’d like to take this chance to apologize to absolutely nobody,” Figueroa said afterward. The win moves the Atlantic City native to 15-0 with 12 knockouts. Caraballo Ramos, of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, falls to 8-11-1. The card, streamed live and free on the Boxing Insider YouTube channel, was the promotion’s 22nd professional show and its last of 2026.
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