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Yoenis Tellez made the most of an unexpected opportunity in tonight’s first televised preliminary fight. The 23-year-old Cuban junior middleweight prospect, who stepped in on two and a half weeks’ notice when unbeaten contender Jesus Ramos suffered a hand injury in training, delivered a statement victory with a third-round TKO of the Spanish veteran Sergio García.
The fight unfolded on even terms over the first two rounds, but Tellez dropped García with a concussive right hand early in the third. The Spaniard made it to his feet but Tellez swarmed his wounded prey until referee Robert Hoyle intervened at the 2:02 mark.
