Andre Dirrell wins belt after referee disqualifies Jose Uzcategui for punching after the belt

ByDAN RAFAEL
May 20, 2017, 10:45 PM

— -- OXON HILL, Md. -- Andre Dirrell has been here, done that, winning a major fight by disqualification.

Dirrell claimed a vacant interim super middleweight title by eighth-round DQ after Jose Uzcategui drilled him just as the bell rang to end the eighth round and he was ruled unable to continue on Saturday night on the Gary Russell Jr.-Oscar Escandon undercard at the MGM National Harbor.