PHILADELPHIA — Demetrius Hopkins unanimously outpointed Marios Jose Ramos to capture the U.S. Boxing Association junior welterweight title Friday night.
Hopkins (23-0-1), of Philadelphia, took control of the fight in the third round. He hit Ramos (16-2-1), of Phoenix, with a flurry of powerful right hands throughout the fight, although none sent him to the canvas.
"I felt I could've taken him out a couple of times, but he had a hard head," said Hopkins, the nephew of former undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins. "Once I got in a groove, I was throwing the right hand like a jab."
In the other featured bout, Miguel Figueroa (24-5-2), of Camden, N.J., and Larry Mosley (15-1-1), of Los Angeles, fought to a draw in a bout for the vacant North American Boxing Organization welterweight title.