Andrade stops Lucas on cuts

Librado Andrade stopped former Super Middleweight champion Eric Lucas on cuts after round eight of a scheduled ten round Super Middleweight bout at the Pepsi Coliseum in City, Quebec.

The fight was entertaining as Andrade would come forward and Lucas countered nicely early on. Lucas was cut over the right eye as early as round three as Andrade’s shots were getting through. Andrade a little more successful as each round went on. In round five a nice right hand cut Lucas over the left eye and after that it was basically all Andrade as he began to target the eye. In round seven, the eye became a bloddy mess and even had the ringside doctor examine it in the last minute of the round after Andrade ripped it open. Another big right made the cut almost unworkable and after Lucas sat on his stool between round’s eight and nine the ringside doctor stopped the fight.

Andrade, 169 lbs of Fontana, CA is now 29-3 with twenty-two knockouts. Lucas, 169 lbs of Mogag, Quebec will celebrate his thirty-ninth birthday tomorrow was making his second start after a four year retirement. After the fight, Lucas announced his retirement for a second time and if that stands up he will finish his career with a record of 39-8-3.

Marcus Upshaw used a fourth round knockout to help catapult him to a split decision victory over Renen St. Juste in a ten round Middleweight bout.

St. Juste did well with little combinations over the first two rounds. Upshaw got into the fight with nice combos in round three. In round four, Upshaw landed a leaping left the spun St. Juste around into the ropes and the referee ruled a knockdown. In round six, Upshaw rocked St. Juste with another left hand. The two fought evenly down the stretch with neither man coming close to taking charge.

Upshaw, 159 1/2 lbs of Miami won by scores of 96-93 and 95-94 while a third judge gave St. Juste a 95-94 verdict.

Upshaw is now 13-4-1. St.Juste 159 1/2 lbs of is now 21-2-1.