Via Ken Hissner: At Bell Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Friday against ESPN+ Yvon Michel (GYM Promotion) and Bob Arum (Top Rated) presented in the Main Event WBC & IBF Lightweight Champion Artur Beterbiev defended his title when stopping the former 2012 Olympics, former WBC Silver. and WBA Interim champion and WBC-ranked No. 1, and 7th was IBF contender “Sir” Marcus Browne in the ninth round of a bloody fight with both cut since the third round.
In the co-op, Marie Eve Dicaire stopped Cynthia “Canelita” Lozano for seven rounds to win the vacant IBF World Super Welterweight title.
In the Main Event, WBC & IBF world lightweight champion Artur Beterbiev of Russia, 17-0 (17), #175, of Montreal, Quebec, CAN, blocked male “Sir” Marcus Browne, 24- 1 (16), #174 ½ , of Carteret, NJ, at 0:46 of the ninth bloodbath of the 12 scheduled innings.
In the first two innings, Browne controlled with an effective jab against the annoyed Beterbiev, who barely managed to land a punch. At the end of the second half, backing into a corner, Brown landed in a coordinated manner. In the third inning, Berterbiev continued to follow Browne even as he entered a corner that seemed reluctant to open. Browne dominated the round until the very last minute when Beterbiev dropped half a dozen punches with no response when Browne fought the rope.
In the fourth round, within the first minute, a head impact caused a nasty cut on Beterbiev’s forehead and on Browne’s right eye. Beterbiev sent Browne out, knocking him out for most of the round.
In the fifth inning, Browne counterattacked well from the first minute. Imbiev took over midway, wounding Browne with a barrage of punches in the final 30 seconds, knocking out nearly two dozen consecutive punches while bleeding from his forehead.
In the sixth inning, Browne continued to stab Imbiev in the forehead with blood running down his face. At the last minute, Improbev got in trouble for Browne with a series of punches that kept him in the corner. In the seventh round, Imbiev at one point knocked Browne across the ring, knocking out dozens of unreturned punches, almost knocking him out. It was a big round for Imbiev as Browne received little profit.
In the eighth round, Browne hit back well in the middle of the round, but not enough to get through the series of punchers Improbev continued to land throughout. In the 9th round, Imbiev rushed out, hurling dozens of punches to Browne’s head with a knock on the left chin, causing him to fall to the ground, causing referee Michael Griffin to stop the match.
In the same event, former IBF Worldpaw WBA Women’s Super Welterweight Champion #1 ranked Marie-Eve Dicaire, 18-1 (1), #153, of Quebec, CAN, stopping WBA 5th Cynthia “Canelita” Lozano. , 9-1 (7), #151 ¼, of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MEX, at 1:03 of the seventh round of the scheduled 10 × 2 round, for the vacant IBF World Super Welterweight title.
On the first round of her first round, after beating nine opponents with a 5-18 aggregate record, Lozano began her first fight scheduled for six rounds. Lozano stepped out and wrestled Dicaire to the canvas after receiving a warning from referee Albert Padulo, Jr. Dicaire easily won an overall round.
In the second round, both fighters were warned for hitting at break. Dicaire easily made one round of tightening too much. Lozano awkwardly continued forward, unleashing a few punches.
In the third round, Dicaire won another round, causing Lozano’s right eye to swell with straight protrusions. In the fourth round, Lozano went on to counter-attack from Dicaire on the chin with a slight return.
In the fifth inning, with just over a minute left, Dicaire delivered a powerful punch to Lozano’s chin, stopping her momentarily.
In the final seconds of the round, Dicaire dropped a snake to his chin, shaking Lozano. At the last minute of the sixth inning, Dicaire rocked Lozano with a goal that took the lead. Again in the final ten seconds, Dicaire rocked Lozano with a left to the chin.
In the seventh inning, Dicaire, after kicking a Lozano game for the second time in the inning, umpire Padulo wisely dismissed it.
Cruiser Yan “Wild Thing” Pellerin, 13-1 (5), #199, of Grandby, Quebec, CAN, easily beat Francisco “Franky” Rivas, 15-3 (5), #198 ¼, of Allende , Coahuila de Zaragoza , MEX, more than ten rounds for the vacant WBO NABO title.
In the first round, 41-year-old former MMA fighter Pellerin spent more time combing his hair for his eyes and was able to land punches through the much shorter Rivas but easily won the round. In the second round, Rivas threw the box too wild, mostly without Pellerin. Pellerin won the round using a jab for the most part. In a tackle, Pellerin smiled as Rivas landed with a punch to his head.
In the third round, a minute after Pellerin landed with his jab, he was hit by a rough backhand right in the chin by Rivas. Pellerin won in a tough round. In the fourth round, more punches were thrown than in the first three rounds. Pellerin continued to dominate the Rivas.
In the fifth round, Pellerin landed multiple punches from a stab in the chin from Rivas, who looked exhausted mid-round. Rivas was able to get through the round after Pellerin had his best inning so far. In the sixth round, Pellerin continued out, knocking out Rivas, who had been turning south most of the time. In the last ten seconds, Rivas landed his hand right on Pellerin’s chin.
In the seventh inning, the fans started booing, wanting what should have been six laps still around the seventh lap that didn’t match the hopes Pellerin would stop Rivas. In the ninth round, Pellerin once again returned to Southpaw for the second half of this honorable competition.
During the tenth and final inning, several screams of “Franky, Franky” were heard as Rivas tried his best. Pellerin continued to overwhelm Rivas, and the two boxers hugged after the final bell.
All scores, including the writer, are 100-90. Referee Alain Villeneuve.
Super middleweight Steve “Mr.” Rolls, 21-1 (11), #166, Toronto, Ontario, CAN, stopped a game Christopher “Ice Cold” Brooker, 16-9 (9), #166, Philadelphia, PA, at 1:32 of the ninth of ten scheduled innings.
In the first round, it was competitive, with Brooker forced into action with Rolls counter-attacking having the advantage. In the second inning, after a minute, Rolls landed a firm right in Brooker’s chin, catching his attention. At the last minute, a double left hook from Rolls into the ribs injured Brooker.
In the third inning, Brooker appeared to shoot with Rolls countering him. One minute into the round, a right cross from Rolls hit Brooker in the chin, injuring Brooker. With a minute left, a right from Rolls crippled Brooker’s knee. In the fourth inning, halfway through, Rolls rocked a game, Brooker. With one minute remaining in the round, Rolls had Brooker pinned in the corner, landing right on his chin, then left into his body, injuring him.
In the fifth round, Rolls continued to find a way to end the fight with a head-to-head right, followed by a blow to Brooker’s body. In the final twenty seconds, Brooker landed a left blow to the head of Rolls, who countered well with a right slash to the chin to the bell.
In the sixth round, Rolls continued to overwhelm Brooker, finishing the round with a left chin-to-chin flick. In the seventh round, Rolls continued to knock Brooker down with a mid-body punch, injuring Brooker.
In the eighth round, Rolls came out to end the fight. He injured Brooker several times in the round in good shape. In the final seconds, Rolls injured Brooker with a punch right to the chin, sending him to his feet in front of the bell. Halfway through the ninth round, a Rolls chin-down punch sent Brooker to his knees for a count of nine before standing up when referee Steve St-Germain waved his hand.
Ultralightweight Artur Biyarslanov, 9-0 (7), #139 , of Russia and Toronto, CAN, stopped Alan “Superman” Ayala Crisosto, 9-3 (5), #138 ¾, of Guadalajara, MEX , with a score of 2:40 of the first round of a scheduled 8.
In the men’s first round bout, Biyarslanov lunged forward, punched after punch with two punches to the right, followed by a right hook to the chin, and knocked Ayala down with a score of 8 by referee Albert Padulo, Jr. Biyarslanov jumped over Ayala, landed more than two dozen punches that knocked him out with a right hook into China and he went down a second time forcing referee Padulo to a halt.
Heavyweight Brandon Moore, 11-0 (7), #231 ½, of Lakeland, FL, stopped Abraham Pascual, 14- (12), #272 ¼, of Tlaxcala, MEX, at 1:27 of the first inning of the eight-round schedule.
Welterweight superweight Batyarzhan “Triple 7” Jukembayev, 19-1 (15), #150 ¼, by Shu, KAZ and Montreal, Quebec, CAN, stopped middleweight Juan “Piquet” Jose Martinez, 28-10 (20) , #158, of Mexico City, MEX, at 1:09 of the first of six scheduled rounds.
In the first round, after 20 seconds, a ball from Jukembayev on his chin sent Martinez into the rope with an 8 count.
Jukembayev jumped on top of him with a barrage of punches that forced the referee to a halt as Martinez staggered back into his corner with unsteady legs.
Men’s ultralightweight Mazlum Akdeniz, 15-0 (8), #139 ¾, of Montreal, Quebec, CAN, stop Arturo Bustamante, 9-5 (5), #138, of Mexico City, MEX, at 1:47 in fourth round match of a scheduled 8.
