Dmitriy Salita cleared what he hopes will be the final hurdle before a world title shot with a clear points victory over veteran Raul Munoz in Nevada.
Now unbeaten in 31 fights, Salita had put his status as official number one challenger to WBA world light-welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik on the line but never looked in danger. Two of the three judges at Buffalo Bill’s Casino and Resort in Primm gave the 27-year-old Brooklyn-based Jewish boxer every round.
Ukraine-born Salita opted to box rather than brawl, despite wobbling the bigger Munoz after being marked around the left eye early on.
“He came to fight and I could feel his size,” Salita said. “I thought I hurt him but I didn’t want to get wild.”
