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Golovkin v Canelo – Undercard results from Las Vegas

Joseph Diaz came through his world title eliminator with late replacement Rafael Rivera after twelve round prior to the GGG v Canelo main event at the T-Mobile Arena.

A dominant Diaz was taken to the scorecards before securing a 25th career win 120-108 and 119-109 (twice).

Diaz, 24, leapfrogs Carl Frampton to be named WBC number one contender to Gary Russell Jr.

In an undefeated collision at super-bantamwieght, Diego De La Hoya dominated former world title holder Randy Caballero to improve his winning streak.

Oscar’s cousin notched a 20th pro win on the scorecards after ten rounds to pick up the NABF championship.

Ryan ‘Blue Chip’ Martin controversially moved to 20-0 with a disputed split decision win over Francisco Rojo.

The 24 year-old overcome a point deduction for hitting low to card a 96-93, 95-94 victory, although one judge had the contest 98-91 the other way.

Early fights saw Serhii Bohachuk defeat Joan Valenzuela via second round stoppage, Marlen Esparza win over six rounds for the first time and Vergil Ortiz extend to 7-0 with an early knockout.

*Nicola Adams fight called off late on Saturday due to opponent failing medical