THURSDAY, 1.00PM:
SOUTH AFRICA’S Peter Malinga beat Alessandro Duran in the third round, to be crowned as the new World Boxing Union (WBU) welterweight champion in Sicily on Wednesday night.
Malinga dropped Duran with an overarm in the second round. Duran tried to survive and came back for the third round where Malinga dropped him to the canvas again. According to the rules of the WBU a boxer may not be saved by the bell, so the refeere had no choice but to continue counting, and Duran did not get back up.
Malinga and his trainer are expected back in South Africa on Friday.