Comments Thread For: Joshua Buatsi Decisions Craig Richards in Tough, High-Stakes Fight

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Joshua Buatsi overcame a sternest challenge of his career, as he battled to a unanimous points decision over Craig Richards in a hugely competitive 12-rounder at the O2 Arena, London, to move closer to a world title shot.
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Joshua Buatsi and Craig Richards are ready for their World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight eliminator, which will take place this Saturday at the O2 Arena, in Alondras, England. (photos by Mark Robinson)

Both fighters made weight on Friday without any problems. Buatsi weighed in at 174.75 pounds, while Richards weighed 174.25, both under the 175-pound limit.

It will be a showdown between a rising contender at the weight like Buatsi and an opponent with world championship experience like Richards. The bout promises to be an action-packed battle in which the knockout could come from either side.

A new test for Buatsi, who has 15 career wins with 13 knockouts and a great opportunity for Richards, who has 17 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw and 10 knockouts.

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Deep undercard today with a lot of prospects, starts in just a couple minutes

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3-0 WW prospect Shiloh Defreitas kicking off the card

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3-0 Defreitas, beating up this Bulgarian binman

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Bulgarian BARELY sees the final bell, was dropped with 30 seconds left and then took a gang style beatdown for the final 15. Should be 60-53 Defreitas. He's got a ton of development left to go, but he's an exciting guy to watch, will be fun to see him climb the ranks

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Next up: 5-0 LHW prospect John Hedges vs 2-0-1 Robert Baltaru

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Big straight left puts Baltaru down in the 3rd and the ref waves it off with a mercy stoppage

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Solid from Hedges, another guy who is very young and still developing man strength. Probably needs another 3 to 5 fights before fighting at area level. Would like to see him against that Scottish dude that fought Tommy Fury and Docherty

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Next fight; 3-0 Cyrus Pattinson vs 8-0 Dimitri Trenel at 147