The main event of the five bout card featured a rematch of a fight from January 2024.  In that fight Andrew Murphy walked out with an eight round unanimous decision win that saw Devonte McDonald gain some momentum in the closing rounds. McDonald wanted a rematch; the crowd wanted a rematch and so matchmaker Chauncy Welliver went to work to make it happen.

As is often the case when two men that have some respect for the other’s power meet, the pace of the opening round was slow. Each man threw jabs at the other, but few landed. Murphy gained a slight advantage in the round by controlling the action and making McDonald move to avoid getting caught. Early in the second round McDonald pinned Murphy on the ropes and was able to land punches to Murphy’s body. With his back to the ropes, Murphy was able to shoot tight uppercuts and some landed to McDonald’s chin. When the referee stepped in to break the men apart, Murphy went to the center of the ring and from there was able to step close and land shots to McDonald’s body.

The action of the third round was much like that of the first, rather slow. Both men returned to exchanging jabs, and a few landed. The action quickened in the last thirty seconds as Murphy was able to close the distance between the men and throw and land body shots, making McDonald step back to avoid getting caught too often. McDonald kept Murphy on the ropes for most of the fourth round, and as before, McDonald was able to land body shots. But again, Murphy loaded up his uppercut and in close quarters, fired it at McDonald’s chin. McDonald’s body shots did slow Murphy’s punch output, but though he threw fewer, Murphy was able to score.

Most of the fighting in the fifth round took place in the center of the ring. Murphy threw his jab and followed it with his right targeting McDonald’s body. McDonald answered with his jab and when he was able to close the distance he shot his left at Murphy’s ribs. Murphy resorted again to his reach with the jab to keep McDonald moving in the sixth round. While McDonald was able to stay at a distance to avoid getting hit too often, that also meant that the distance was too great to fire punches that would land to Murphy’s body.

The seventh round was much like the sixth, as Murphy’s jab followed by a right kept McDonald on the move as Murphy landed scoring punches. The action quickened in the final round as both men threw a lot of punches, and when they were close, both were able to land punches to the other’s body. Murphy had the advantage when there was distance as his reach with the jab was able to keep McDonald moving and he scored when the jab landed.

After eight rounds one judge scored the bout 79-73, the second scored it 78-74, and the third scored it 77-75, all in favor of Andrew Murphy who again would take the unanimous decision win to stay unbeaten.

McDonald throws his right

Murphy's right catches McDonald's chin

Aguirre lands a left in close

The co main event featured middleweights Gerald Powell-Wood and Christian Aguirre. Powell-Wood was coming off a TKO win in his last fight, while Aguirre was looking to get another win in the PNW, his last coming in 2025.

Aguirre fought from the center of the ring in the opening round, keeping Powell-Wood moving on the outside. Powell-Wood used his reach from the outside to occasionally catch Aguirre, but both were able to score when the distance closed as they traded body shot combinations. The pace of the fight picked up in the second round as both men showed they had good hand speed, landing shots to each other’s body. Powell-Wood backed Aguirre on the ropes in the middle of the round and was able to land a flurry of body shots to score.

The style of the third round was more like a brawl than boxing. That forced the referee to call time and bring the men together to remind them to box. Once they returned to boxing, Powell-Wood again pinned Aguirre on the ropes and landed body shots. Aguirre turned the action in his favor in the fourth as he was able to back Powell-Wood onto the ropes and shoot hard combinations to Powell-Wood’s lanky body. Powell-Wood was able score when he created some distance and took advantage of his long reach right jab.

After four rounds one judge scored the bout 39-37 for Powell-Wood, the other two saw it even at 38; the fight ended in a majority draw

In a rematch from the June Legends show, Carlos Villanueva and Theo Doukas again stepped in for a four round heavyweight fight. Villanueva won the last time these two met, scoring a first round TKO. Since then, Doukas has gained more focus and worked on his boxing skills.

The opening round was close as both men threw a lot of punches targeting the other’s body. Once past the mid point of the round, the pace slowed, but the number of body shots each threw remained fairly high, especially when the stood in close. Villanueva gained a slight advantage as he was able to step back and still reach to score body shots. The second round was also close, though the defining factor in the round was the number of lefts Villanueva was able to land to Doukas’ body. Doukas threw more punches in the round, while Villanueva landed more.

The third round saw the men spend a lot of time leaning on each other while throwing short shots to the body. As the round came to an end, Villanueva continued to throw body shots while Doukas changed up his attack to focus landing his right to Villanueva’s head. The pace of the fourth round slowed, though Doukas did throw more punches in the round than did Villanueva. The difference was that, though he threw fewer punches, Villanueva landed the heavier punches

.
After four rounds one judge scored the fight 39-37, the other two saw it 40-36, all in favor of Carlos Villanueva who would claim the unanimous decision win.

.

Doukas covers up as Villanueva throws his right

Russell catches Mitchell with a right

Feather weights Isaac Russell and Micah Mitchell faced off in bout scheduled for four rounds. Russell was coming off a TKO win in his pro debut while Mitchell was looking to snag his first win as a professional.

Russell controlled the action of the first round as he threw more punches and continually kept Mitchell on the move. Russell was able to land combinations when the distance closed between the two, forcing Mitchell to move out of range of getting caught as well as out of range to land punches. Russell caught Mitchell with a hard right at the 2:30 mark and dropped him to the canvas. Mitchell rose and was able to continue by quickly moving for the last moments of the round. Russell jumped right to Mitchell to begin the second round, and doing so enabled him to land punches to Mitchell’s body. With Mitchell’s back on the ropes, Russell landed a hard left to Mitchell’s body, and as Mitchell was falling to the canvas, Russell threw a right at his head. Again, Mitchell rose, but he was unable to continue and the referee waved the fight to an end.

Isaac Russell would score his second win by TKO at fifty seconds of the second round.

Abel Lucas made his professional debut facing Brandon Watley to open the show at Legends Casino. Watley is a season veteran who as of late has faced a number of fighters with winning records.

In the opening round Lucas scored when he landed his left to Watley’s body. Lucas then added, after the mid point of the round, is right targeting Watley’s head. Watley worked to close the distance between the two and fire punches to Lucas’ body. The second round was close as Lucas continued to throw body shots. Watley was able to step back to keep from getting caught, and from that position he was able to use a reach advantage to land his jab and follow that with his right.
The third round was also close as both men threw a lot of punches. Lucas threw a lot of body shots while Watley was able to score by counter punching. Watley controlled the first two minutes of the closing round using his reach, landing his jab to keep Lucas from getting close. Lucas shifted the momentum as the round drew to a close by again stepping in close and landing body shots.

After four rounds, one judge scored the fight 39-37 for Watley, the second judge scored the fight 39-37 for Lucas, and the third judge saw it 40-36 for Lucas who would claim the split decision win.

Lucas unloads with Watley on the ropes

The Legends Ring Card Girls