Keith Thurman won a split decision over Danny Garcia on Saturday night to become the unified welterweight division champion.
Thurman (28-0, one no-decision) added Garcia’s WBC welterweight title to the WBA belt he already had. Thurman’s record improved to 8-0 in world title fights.
The fight was scored 116-112 for Thurman, 115-113 for Garcia and 115-113 for Thurman.
In a reversal of form, Thurman threw more punches than Garcia -- 570 to 434 -- but was less accurate than Garcia. Thurman connected on 26 percent of his punches, whereas Garcia landed 30 percent of his (punch statistics courtesy of CompuBox).