Hooker lucky with Perez draw

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Maurice Hooker held on to his unbeaten record by claiming a controversial draw with Darleys Perez in Las Vegas.

The American super-lightweight made a sluggish start and struggled to match the man that lost his WBA lightweight title to Antony Crolla a year ago, yet somehow avoided his first defeat.

Hooker did wake up in the latter stages of the 10-rounder at the T-Mobile Arena, but even the American fans were stunned when the judges called it level at 97-93, 93-97 and 95-95.

The man known as ‘Mighty Mo’ has been billed as one of America’s …

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