Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury

World Boxing Council World Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) will defend his title against Tyson Fury (27-0, 19 KOs) tonight at Staples Center with the main event expected to take place around 9 p.m.

UNDERCARD

Luis Ortiz vs. Travis Kauffman

First round

Luis Ortiz led the first-round action against Travis Kauffman, working almost exclusively behind the jab. Kauffman spent the round backpedaling. 10-9, Ortiz

Second round

Ortiz, a southpaw, again controlled the action. He used the jab to set up right hands to the body. He feinted the left and occasionally let it go, banging Kauffman around in the corner. Kauffman landed a shot or two in the middle of the round, but Ortiz wasn’t hurt. Ortiz 10-9

Third round

Ortiz maintained control, though the pace slowed considerably. There were a couple of good exchanges midway through the round, but neither fighter did any real damage. Kauffman stayed in his backpedal and Ortiz was unable to consistently cut off the ring. Ortiz, 10-9

Fourth round

Ortiz kept ups his attacks to Kauffman’s body. Kauffman has been mugging and taunting throughout the fight, but the underdog is starting to show bruises under each eye. 10-9, Ortiz

Joe Joyce knocks out Joe Hanks in the first round

London heavyweight Joe Joyce introduced himself to U.S. fight fans Saturday night by stopping Joe Hanks with a pinpoint hook late in the first round at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night. 

Joyce (7-0, 7 knockouts) lived up to his nickname, “the Juggernaut,” by overwhelming the New Jersey-based Hanks (23-3, 15 KOs). 

With about a minute to go in the round, Joyce dazed Hanks, but didn’t follow up. 

When Hanks came forward, Joyce then hit him with a one-two, then timed a hook perfectly. Hanks took it flush to the chin and was out. 

Referee Jerry Cantu called it off without a count. 

“I want to get some bigger fights,” Joyce said afterward. “I’m ready. I’m ready to show you.”

Robert Guerrero beats Adam Mate by TKO

Returning from a long layoff, Robert Guerrero, 35, stopped Adam Mate, 27, with a flurry in the second round of their eight-round welterweight fight.

Guerrero (34-6-1, 19 KOs) knocked down Mate (28-13, 21 KOs) at the end of the first round with a left to the body that had been set up by a left to the head.

In the second, Guerrero, a southpaw, knocked Mate down with a counter left. He finished the job with a series of punches in the center of the ring shortly after.

Mate went down and the referee called it off without a count.

It was Guerrero’s first fight since a July 2017 TKO loss to Omar Figueroa Jr. It was the third loss in a row for Guerrero, known as ‘the Ghost.’

The eight-rounder against a little-known Hungarian, Mate, is the first step in a comeback for Guerrero, who reached the top of the welterweight division before stalling with losses to Floyd Mayweather, Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia.

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