On 3-19, Sechew Powell got revenge. Powell (now 26-2) beat Deandre Latimore over 12 rounds with a Majority Decision. The fight was a rematch of a July 2008 battle that saw Sechew get knocked out for the only time in his career, a seventh round TKO. But now Powell has the upper hand and the latest victory between the two. Judge David Sutherland had it 117-111, Judge Chris Flores had it 114-114, and Judge: Gerald Ritter saw it 116-112 in Powell “The Iron Horse”‘s favor.

In the Latimore rematch, Sechew found a home for the jab about midway through the fight and outlanded Latimore 69-20 for the final 6 rounds with it. Deandre actually gave a very busy effort, averaging 67 punches per round, but landed fewer than 20% of those shots. Sechew’s defense was certainly better than in their first bout, 21 months ago. Powell scored with 27% of his jabs and 32% of his power punches, soundly out-performing Deandre in every category.

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