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Ugas suffered orbital fracture in TKO defeat to Spence

Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugas says he suffered a fractured right orbital in his welterweight world title loss to American Errol Spence

LOS ANGELES – Yordenis Ugas’s right eye socket was fractured in his 10th-round technical knockout loss to Errol Spence in Texas, the Cuban fighter said Sunday.

“I have a fracture in my eye and in the next few days the doctors will say how they will treat it,” Ugas said in an Instagram post.

“I spent all morning in a hospital and I write these words with only one eye, the other one is still closed.”

Referee Laurence Cole stopped the fight in the 10th round on the advice of the ringside doctor because Ugas’s right eye was swollen shut.

The Cuban, who fell to 27-5 with 22 wins inside the distance, had…

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