Taduran outpoints Moreno to retain IBF minimumweight title
Fourth straight defence keeps the Filipino as his country's lone world champion.
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Pedro Taduran retained the IBF minimumweight world title on Saturday night, outworking previously unbeaten Spanish challenger Brandon Moreno for a unanimous 12-round decision at the Kiva Auditorium.
Judge Anthony Romero scored a 120-108 shutout while Esther Lopez and Mark Sanchez both had it 115-113 — seven rounds to five — for the champion, who pressed forward from the opening bell and landed repeatedly with his left straight as Moreno, the IBF's No. 4 contender, boxed cautiously at range. Taduran stepped up the pace late, taking three of the last four rounds on all three cards.
The victory moves Taduran, 30, to 21-4-1 (14 KOs) — a fourth straight defence in a second reign that began when he stopped Ginjiro Shigeoka in Japan in July 2024. Moreno, 33, of Madrid falls to 16-1 (5 KOs) in his first world title fight.
Why it matters: Taduran remains the Philippines' only reigning world boxing champion, and a fourth consecutive defence of the 105-pound crown strengthens the case for unification against the division's other titleholders.
Sources: Rappler, Philstar, GMA News, Max Boxing.