Budapest Bomber decisions former sparring partner

Hungarian Zsolt “The Budapest Bomber” Erdei retained his WBO light-heavyweight title with a one-sided decision over Germany’s Thomas Ulrich on Saturday in Germany.

The 32-year-old Erdei (25-0, 15 knockouts) had an easy time of it, not too surprising since Ulrich was a former sparring partner.

At least Ulrich made a better payday than he would’ve as a prep aide…

Erdei opened cuts on Ulrich’s nose and closed his left eye with persistent jabs.

The judges saw it 120-108, 118-100 and 116-112 for Erdei in his sixth title defense.

In the twelfth, Ulrich (29-3, 19 knockouts) stunned the Hungarian with a right, but couldn’t finish the job.

The 31-year-old Ulrich (29-3) has now lost two title shots; he was stopped by Tomasz Adamek in 2005 for the WBC belt.

Erdei nabbed his crown in January 2004, by beating Julio Gonzalez. Stipe Drews (31-1), a 33-year-old Croat, is the number one ranked contender in the WBO’s rating ladder.