By Radio Rahim
Turning Stone Casino, New York - Undefeated former world champion Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16KOs) returned in impressive fashion with a twelve round TKO of top-10 ranked Willie Nelson on Saturday night.
He dropped Nelson four times during the fight, including knockdowns in the first round and the final round. He was able to land 57% of his power shots on Nelson, who never got things going in the contest.
The fight was a secondary WBC final junior middleweight eliminator, placing Andrade in position for a fight with Jermell Charlo. Charles Hatley is the first mandatory to get his crack at the belt.
Andrade never lost his world title in the ring. He was stripped due to inactivity. The belt was later acquired by one of the Smith brothers, Liam Smith of the UK.
The Olympian is now targeting all of the top names in his weight division and hopes to get one of them in the ring very soon. He will have some time to kill while the Charlo-Hatley mandatory plays out, so that leaves him in position to fight any of the other tops names in his division.
The fight with Nelson was showcased by Showtime, who have a big interest in backing the career of Andrade in a very hot weight division.
"Right now I want the beltholders and I'm the mandatory to fight for the WBC. I want to fight them all and it don't matter who is next. If your name begins with a C and end with an O - I want to fight you. That's Charlo, Canelo, Cotto - I want all of them. All of them, let's go," Andrade told BoxingScene.com.
