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Marco Huck took a majority decision over Ola Afolabi to retain his WBO cruiserweight title on Saturday.
Germany's Huck (36-2-1, 25 KOs) retained the belt over Afolabi (19-3-4, 9 KOs) by scores of 117-111, 115-113 and 114-114.
It was the third bout between the boxers. They fought to a majority draw on March 5, 2012 in Efurt, Germany and Huck captured a unanimous decision in the first meeting on Dec. 5, 2009.
This was the 11th title defense for Huck.
Wladmir Klitschko will defend his multiple heavyweight titles against mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin in a highly anticipated showdown on Oct. 5 in Moscow.
Gennady Golovkin successfully defended his WBA middleweight title by scoring a third-round knockout of Matthew Macklin Saturday night.
Undefeated German middleweight Gennady Golovkin stopped English challenger Matthew Macklin in the third round Saturday night to successfully defend his WBA and IBO titles.
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