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Friday night at The Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. In a rematch, Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6 KOs) won a controversial twelve round split decision to dethrone WBA light heavyweight champion Gabriel Campillo (19-3, 5 KOs). Campillo was cut over the left eye by a punch in round five, while Shumenov was busted up by a accumulation of punches. When the final bell sounded to end the last round the judges scores were 117-111, 115-113 for Shumanov, 117-111 for Campillo.
Also on the undercard unbeaten former Cuban amateur star Erislandy Lara (10-0, 5 KOs) scored a tenth round TKO over 39-year-old veteran junior middleweight Grady Brewer (26-11, 15 KOs), Referee Tony Weeks waved it off in the tenth after Lara dropped Brewer and battered him with a follow-up barrage.