Monte Carlo - WBA 'regular' super featherweight champion Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Stephen Smith (24-2, 15KOs) to retain the title for the first time. The scores were 116-111, 117-110 and 116-112.
Smith travelled to Connecticut to meet IBF ruler Jose Pedraza in April in his first outing for a world belt, and recovered from that points loss with a commanding win over Daniel Brizuela in his hometown of Liverpool a month later.
Puerto Rican-American Sosa was defending his strap for the first time having ripped the crown from Javier Fortuna with late round knockout in Beijing in June.
