Former world title challenger Juan Carlos Burgos scored a second round stoppage over Frankie Archuleta in a scheduled ten round Featherweight fight at the Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Burgos dropped Archuleta three times in the second round. The first was was with a big right that was followed up by a left. Archuleta’s legs were clearly gone after that but still he was dropped with a hard one-two combination and finally for a third time with a right hand.
The fight was called off at 2:33 of round two.
Burgos, 128 lbs of Tijuana, Mexico is now 26-1 with nineteen knockouts. Archuleta, 124 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 27-8-1
South African Isaac Chilemba survived two eighth round knockdowns to outlast previously undefeated Maxim Vlasov by winning a unanimous decision in a ten round Super Middleweight fight.
It was a close fight early with Chilemba using his jab with range and going to the body of Vlasov. Vlasov started picking up some steam in the middle rounds as he used his experience as he used his full arsenal of punches.
In round eight, Vlasov landed a perfect right hand that sent Chilemba to the canvas in the first thirty seconds of the round. Chilemba was dropped again as Vlasov landed a flurry of punches that was culminated by a right hand. Chilemba actually did well in the final moments of the round by jabbing and landing some solid right hands. Chilemba carried that momentum into round nine as again it was a long jab that was mixed in with some rights and a nice uppercut. The two fighters went for it in round ten with Chilemba getting the better of the action filled round.
Chilemba, 171 lbs of Johannesburg, South Africa won by scores of 96-92; 96-92 and 95-94 to go to 16-1. Vlasov, 170 lbs of Samara, Russia is now 19-1.
Simphiwe Vetyeta scored an impressive third round stoppage over former IBF Minimumweight champion Roberto Leyva in a scheduled six round Featherweight fight.
Vetyeta dominated the fight until he landed a perfect left to the body that sent Leyva down for the ten count at 2:32 of round three.
Vetyeta, 121 lbs of South Africa is now 22-1 with twelve knockouts. Leyva, 125 lbs of Puerto Rico is now 27-13-1.