Morel's Thai takeaway

Former US Olympic boxer Morel celebrates another win

Eric Morel dethroned Thailand's Sornpichai Kratchingdaeng to claim the World Boxing Association flyweight belt in front of his adopted hometown crowd in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday.

The Puerto Rican-born Morel won the fight with a unanimous 118-109, 120-107, 117-109 decision to stretch his undefeated record to 27 wins.

Morel used his height and reach advantages to dictate the fight from the opening bell.

With less than 20 seconds remaining in the second round, Morel knocked Kratchingdaeng to the canvas with a hard right hand.

He was running around. I couldn't find him, I couldn't hit him

  Sornpichai Kratchingdaeng

"I knew Sornpichai is still a hard guy, and I knew that I didn't want to get out of my rhythm," said Morel.

"He went down. I just took my time and kept boxing him because I knew that boxing was the key - moving around and speed was the key to giving me the victory."

No answer

Kratchingdaeng, who won the title in September with a stunning eighth-round knockout of Leo Gamez of Venezuela, had no answers for Morel's speed and skill.

"He was running around. I couldn't find him, I couldn't hit him," Kratchingdaeng said through an interpreter.

Morel continued to use his smooth boxing skills and greater mobility to stay ahead over the next four rounds.

"I probably ran a little bit too much but I was trying not to get caught because he's dangerous in any round, especially late," Morel said.

Kratchingdaeng, who suffered his first professional loss, went on the attack in the eighth but Morel finished the round strong.

I probably ran a little bit too much but I was trying not to get caught because he's dangerous in any round, especially late

  Eric Morel

Morel continued to dominate Kratchingdaeng for the remainder of the fight, and with less than 10 seconds remaining in the 12th lifted his hands in triumph.

Broken "Bones"

Fighting on the undercard, Clarence "Bones" Adams kept his WBA super bantamweight title, stopping fellow American Andres Fernandez in the sixth round despite injuring his right hand.

Referee Monte Oswald, after consulting ringside doctor Armando Sanchez, stopped the fight after two minutes and 23 seconds of the sixth round because of cuts above the left eye of the challenger.

With the victory, Adams goes to 40-3 with three draws, and Fernandez drops to 16-5 - cuts have played a role in all five of Fernandez's defeats.

Adams opened a gash over Fernandez's eye in the fifth round, making his rival pay the price for leading with his head when the two came together in clinches.

But the champion admitted later he may have broken some bones in his right hand and might require surgery before he fights again.

"My hand may be broke," Adams said. "I threw that overhand right. That's what I opened that big cut with. I know I have got to get my hand healed."

Judah triumphant

Meanwhile, fighting in Connecticut, Zab Judah stopped fellow American Terronn Millett in the fourth round to retain his International Boxing Federation light-welterweight title.

Judah, who had beaten Sheffield's Junior Witter in his last bout, recovered from an early knockdown to improve his record to 24-0 with his 18th stoppage, this one by technical knockout.