Five months after COVID-19 cost Fulton his title shot, he won the WBO junior featherweight championship from Leo, who defended that belt for the first time. The gritty Leo (20-1, 9 KOs) never stopped trying, but Fulton was too tough and too good for the Albuquerque native in the main event of a “Showtime Championship Boxing” triple header.
Leo who convincingly out-pointed Williams (19-1, 6 KOs, 1 NC), a southpaw from New Haven, Connecticut, in their 12-round fight. He was contractually obligated to face Fulton next because Fulton was the mandatory challenger for Leo’s title. But seems things didn’t go down well with Leo who had much more trouble with Fulton.
By the time the 11th round began, it was obvious Leo needed a knockout to win. Fulton continued to take the flush punches Leo landed without incident and kept Leo honest with occasional power shots between jabs. The smart, skillful Fulton blasted Leo with two thudding right hands in the opening minute of the 12th round.
He mostly kept distance between him and Leo in the final round, when it was obvious Fulton was only moments away from taking Leo’s title. At end of the 12 rounds, Fulton won their action-packed, 12-round, 122-pound title fight at Mohegan Sun Arena by (19-0, 8 KOs) won a unanimous decision, as judges Frank Lombardi (119-109), John McKaie (119-109) and Steve Weisfeld (118-110) scored their mostly fan-friendly fight for him by wide distances.
Credit:Boxing Scene
