Hurd beats Lara to unify, DeGale gets his belt back and Williams dominates Gallimore

In another solid triple header from Showtime we got 3 tough fights and the night culminated with the arrival of a top fighter at 154.

For the opener we had Julian Williams vs Nathaniel Gallimore for a shot at a title in the 154lb division. I had thought that Gallimore may have been able to over power Williams and stop him later in the fight. Williams had other ideas for this fight, after starting out working s strong jab and boxing well from the outside he changed tactics and went toe to toe with Gallimore for the rest of the fight. Williams did excellent work to the head and body of  Gallimore and really had him in trouble for the last two rounds of the fight. I did not think that Williams would fight on the inside like this with Gallimore and put himself in range for the bigger power shots of Gallimore. The inside work he did though really made it a one sided fight from the 4th round on. Gallimore had his moments where he landed a clean shot but it wasn't enough of a sustained assault at any point to turn the tide of the fight. With this win Williams looks to be the likely next opponent for either Hurd or Charlo.