Heavyweight Breazeale remains unbeaten on Wilder undercard

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Heavyweight Dominic Breazeale withstood a strong effort from undersized Fred Kassi to post a 10-round unanimous decision Saturday night and remain undefeated.

Breazeale (16-0), a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic boxing team, won easily on all three scorecards, even though Kassi was the aggressor for much of the first half of the fight.

Despite giving up six inches and 35 pounds to Breazeale, Kassi (18-4-1) was willing to go toe-to-toe with the Californian. This quickly earned him the support of the crowd, which repeatedly chanted, ''Let's go Fred! Let's go Fred!''

Kassi landed a number of solid shots to the head in the second and fourth rounds. But the Cameroon native appeared to tire after that, and Breazeale dominated the final four rounds.

This was only the second time in his professional career that Breazeale has won by a decision.

The fight was on the undercard of the Deontay Wilder-Johann Duhaupas WBC heavyweight title match.