At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KOs) captured the WBC title from Carl Froch (28-2, 20 KOs) with a twelve round unanimous decision. The scores were 115-113, 115-113 and 118-110.

Welterweight contender Kell Brook (26-0, 18 KO’s) battered Luis Galarza (18-3, 14 KO’s) over five rounds for a TKO win in his American debut.