Olympic and current IBO super middleweight world champion, Cuban left-hander Osleysl ‘El Tornado’ Iglesias out of Germany retained his title by stopping Ukrainian-German Petro Ivanov in five rounds, scoring a knockdown and ending Thursday night at the Casino of Montreal, Montreal. , Quebec, Canada.
(Credit: Vincent Ethier)
In the main event, 2021 Olympian Iglesias (13-0, 12 KOs) stopped Petro Ivanov (18-1-2, 13 KOs) at 0:40 of the fifth round of a scheduled 12-rounder.
In the first two rounds, it was all Iglesias driving Ivanov around the ring. In the third round, Iglesias dominated the blood from Ivanov’s nose with left uppercuts to the chin.
In the fourth round, Ivanov landed his first solid punch, an overhand right on the chin of Iglesias. From that point on, Iglesias again dominated.
In the fifth round, doubling his jabs, Iglesias landed a right uppercut followed by a left to the chin and dropped Ivanov for an 8 count by Referee Junior Padulo. In the wake, the fight was cancelled.
Two-time World Super Middle challenger Steven ‘Bang Bang’ Butler (35-5-1, 29 KOs) stopped Fernando ‘Manzana’ Farias (12-3-3, 4 KOs) at 2:36 of the first round of a program. ten times.
In the first round, Butler went on the attack throughout the last minute, landing a right to the chin, dropping Farias for an 8 count from Referee Martin Forest, who waved him off over a laughing Farias. .
Light Heavy Wilkens Mathieu (12-0, 8 KOs) stopped Marcos ‘El Comandante’ Karalitzky (8-10-2, 2 KOs) at 3:00 of the fourth round of the scheduled eight rounds, scoring a bout just before the fine of the round
In the first round it was all Mathieu with mostly body shots. In the second round, Mathieu continued to look for the knockout, as Karalitzky stayed inside and did not give him many punches except left and right uppercuts to the body.
Karalitzky’s face showed abrasions under the left eye on the girl in the third round. In the first minute of the fourth round, Mathieu landed a flurry of punches, having Karalitzky against the ropes.
In the last minute, a left hand from Mathieu drew blood from Karalitzky’s nose. Then, seconds later, he dropped him with a left hook to the body for an 8 count by Referee Junior Padulo as Karalitzky’s corner called for a stoppage.
2021 Light Olympian Dzmitri ‘The Wasp’ Asanau (9-0, 4, KOs) stopped Matias Rueda (38-3, 32 KOs) at 2:58 of the fifth round of a scheduled ten-rounder for the vacant WBC title Continental Americas.
In the first round it was all about the taller Asana using a solid jab and landing combination whenever he came forward. With half a minute remaining (inactive for a year) Rueda hit Asanau with a right. As Asanau came off the ropes, he landed a right to the chin.
In the second round at the halfway point, while on the defensive, Asanau landed a left hook on the chin, having Rueda nearly down, holding until the last minute. He opened a cut on Rueda’s left eyebrow with his right hand.
In the third round, it was all Asanau on the offense as blood came into the face from Rueda’s cut left eyebrow. In the fourth round, it was all Asanau. Midway through the fifth round, a dozen unanswered punches from Asanau with no return and both bleeding Asanau’s eyebrows took him down as referee Alain Villeneuve wisely called a stoppage.
Light welterweight Jhon ‘El Tigre’ Orobio (12-0, 11 KOs) stopped Jacopo ‘The Swing Boy’ Colli (9-0-1, 4 KOs) at 1:12 of the first round, scoring a pair of strikes of a program. eight round
Thirty seconds into the first round, right from Orobio to the side of Colli’s head, it went for an 8 count by Referee Martin Forest. Seconds later, a right overhand followed by a left on the chin and down Colli a second time for an 8-count by Referee Forest, who wisely waved after looking into Colli’s eyes.
The Ring Announcer was Patrick Lono.
