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Dalton Smith retains WBC title with disputed split decision over Alberto Puello

Dalton Smith kept his WBC super lightweight title with a split decision over Alberto Puello in Sheffield on Saturday, two judges scoring it 115-113 for the champion while the third had it 116-112 for the challenger.

By Tom Ellery · · 1 min read

Dalton Smith retained his WBC super lightweight title with a split decision over Alberto Puello at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield on Saturday (Bleacher Report, World Boxing News).

Two judges scored the 12-round contest 115-113 for Smith, while the third had Puello winning 116-112, giving the Sheffield champion a split-decision victory in the first defence of his title (MiddleEasy, Bleacher Report).

The win took Smith to 20 wins from 20 professional fights, while Puello suffered only the second defeat of his 27-fight career, both of them in WBC title bouts (Bleacher Report). It was Smith’s first defence since beating Subriel Matias to win the belt in January.

The verdict divided opinion. World Boxing News scored the fight 116-112 for Puello, saying the challenger had produced the cleaner work over the 12 rounds, while Boxing News 24 described Smith’s win as a disputed decision (World Boxing News, Boxing News 24).

“A champion has to do what he has to do,” Smith said afterwards. “I’m proving that I’m No. 1 right now.” (Bleacher Report)

On the undercard, Giorgio Visioli beat Maxi Hughes by majority decision, Leo Atang stopped Jonathan Vergara in the first round, and Shannon Ryan stopped Emma Dolan in the first round (Bleacher Report).

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