By Scott Gilfoid: Making his first defense of his IBF bantamweight title, champion Lee Haskins (33-3, 14 KOs) successfully defended his title on Saturday night in beating #13 IBF fringe contender Ivan Morales (29-2, 17 KOs) by a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision from the Ice Arena, in Cardiff, Wales.
The final judges’ scores were 119-108, 118-110 and 118-110. Morales was giving Haskins all kinds of problems in forcing him to fight from the outset. Haskins, 32, looked like he wanted no part of the younger 24-year-old Morales, so he was running at every chance he could get.