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Former WBC world lightweight champion Dejan "Dynamite" Zlaticanin, 139.4 lbs., needed less than two minutes to rebound from his first pro defeat, stopping Colombian Heivinson Herrera, 137, in impressive fashion. The southpaw bobbed and weaved his way inside, saw an opening to land his overhand left and kept throwing it.
DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT will make its long-awaited return to the historic B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in midtown Manhattan with a special holiday edition BROADWAY BOXING "Season's Beatings" card to end the year, on Thursday, December 14. The event will be headlined by junior middleweight contender PATRICK DAY defending his WBC Continental Americas title against WESLEY TUCKER and will also feature the return of former WBC world lightweight champion DEJAN ZLATICANIN.
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Mikey Garcia sensationally captured his third divisional championship when, shortly after hurting Dejan Zlaticanin with a right uppercut, he spun to the side and nailed the soon-to-be former WBC lightweight champion with a crushing right to the jaw that left him unconscious. Referee Tony Weeks immediately waved off the fight, one in which Garcia started unusually fast and worked the jab almost constantly to keep the Montenegro native at bay.
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Mikey Garcia became a three-division world champion with a vicious third-round knockout of previously undefeated defending WBC Lightweight World Champion Dejan Zlaticanin in the co-main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) secured a brutal third round knockout of previously undefeated Dejan Zlaticanin (announced as 18-1, 11 KOs in the arena, but 22-1, 15 KOs on boxrec) to capture the WBC lightweight title.
Dejan Zlaticanin vs. Mikey Garcia Scorecard Live - LAS VEGAS - The stage is set for the Premier Boxing Champions event later tonight from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME.
Both Mikey Garcia and Dejan Zlaticanin throw well below the lightweight average, but land a higher percentage of total punches and power punches. 13.3 of Zlaticanin's 15.4 landed punches (86.4%) per round were power punches. Garcia opponents landed just 24.9% of their power shots.
Dejan Zlaticanin Video Interview - LAS VEGAS - The stage is set for the Premier Boxing Champions event later tonight from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME.