Mario Barrios defeated former world champion Yordenis Ugas on Saturday, September 30 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pair battled it out on the Showtime PPV card, headlined by Canelo Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight title defense against Jermell Charlo.
The scheduled for 12 rounds contest went the full distance. Barrios came out on top, twice sending Ugas to the canvas in the second and 12th rounds. The latter had his right eye swollen, as well got a point deducted in the final round for spitting out his mouth guard. The scores were 117-108, 118-107 and 118-107.
With the victory by unanimous decision, Mario Barrios improved to 28-2, 18 KOs and coll
