HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermudian Andre Lambe claimed a second belt after defeating Mexican Crisanto Lucio to clinch the vacant American Boxing Organisation welterweight title at The Shed in Dockyard on Saturday night.
The 27-year-old Lambe controlled the six-round bout throughout, en route to earning a unanimous points decision and extending his professional record to 7-0, having claimed the vacant American Boxing Federation welterweight belt last October.
“For everyone that didn’t believe me, I hope I made you believers,” said Lambe after his victory over Lucio, who came into the bout with wins in his five previous fights.
“On paper, that definitely should have been my most challenging test, but he was easier than I thought he would be. I’ve had more difficult fights, and others have brought more intensity. He seemed like he was scared to engage.
“It was about sticking to my game plan. We worked nine weeks for this fight, so it didn’t make sense to do anything stupid to throw it away. Even though it is just me in the ring, it is a team sport, and we got the job done.
“That still wasn’t my best performance; there is much more to come. I had a great training camp, and I want to keep showing people what I can truly do because I’m on my way,” added Lambe, a southpaw, who weighed in at 147 pounds, one pound heavier than his opponent.
Lambe conceded he now needed to test himself outside of Bermuda to gain more incredible experience.
“I want to go away and get more exposure,” he added. If I can go away, I hope to get more eyes on Bermuda and bring bigger fights to the island.
“We’re going to see what’s next. I need to sit down with my team and see the next stage. I’ll be fighting overseas. Who knows? We’ll have to see.
“I’m going to keep putting in the hard work and building.”
In the other professional fight on the card, Bermudian Mikey Parsons, whose record now stands at 1-2, suffered a technical knockout in his super-welterweight encounter against American Zeleck Ruiz.
The fight was stopped one minute 55 seconds into the second round on the doctor’s advice because of a cut to Parsons’s nose, which he later revealed he feared was broken.
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