Avtandil Khurtsidze (33-2-2 22KOs) picked up the WBO interim middleweight title over Tommy Langford (18-1 6KOs) from the Leicester Arena, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom. Khurtsidze a heavy favorite going into the bout despite having to travel overseas split the first four rounds with Langford, but Langford got an irrational boost in

WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) who was coming off a year-long layoff, won a very unimpressive twelve round unanimous decision over unknown Artur Akavov (16-2, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the Paisley Lagoon Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. In his first title defense, Saunders failed to