PHILADELPHIA–Vyacheslav Shabranskyy was dropped twice in the first round but came back to stop Paul Parker in round three of a scheduled 10-round Light Heavyweight bout at the 2300 Arena.
Parker struck in round one when he landed a hard left that buckled and eventually dropped Shabranskyy early in the first round. Shabranskyy was clearly hurt and was wobbling around the ring as he was getting hit by Parker’s shots and fell again to the canvas in the last minute of the round. Shabranskyy was able to steady himself in round two and in round three he landed a right hand that hurt Parker. That set off a barrage of punches that spun a prone Parker to eat more shots and referee Gary Rosato stopped the bout at 2:36 of round three.
Shabranskyy, 179.7 lbs of Los Angeles, CA is now 14-0 with 12 knockouts. Parker, 177.6 lbs of Toledo, OH is now 7-1.
D’Mitrus Ballard win a 6-round unanimous decision over Josue Obando in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Ballard, 169.4 lbs of Washington, DC won by scores of 60-54 and 58-56 twice and is 8-0. Obando, 1681 lbs of Guadalajara, MX is now 11-6.
Lamont Roach won a 6-round unanimous decision over Christian Santibanez in a Lightweight bout.
Roach, 133.6 lbs of Washington, DC won by scores of 60-54 twice and 59-55 and is now 8-0. Santibanez, 134 lbs of San Antonio, TX is 3-5.
Kevin Rivers Jr. remained perfect with a 3rd round stoppage over Luis Lizarraga in a scheduled 6-round Super Featherweight bout.
Rivers dropped Lizarraga in round two with a huge left hook. Rivers came out in round three and landed two thudding left hooks and referee Gary Rosato stopped the bout at 24 seconds of round three.
Rivers. 125.5 lbs of Palmer Park, MD is now 12-0 9 knockouts. Lizarraga, 127.9 lbs of Merida, MX is 5-5-1.
Victor Vasquez scored a 4th round stoppage over Osnel Charles in a sheduled 6-round Lightweight fight. It was the 3rd meeting between Charles and Vasquez
Charles won the first two bouts.
Vasquez dropped Charles at the end of round one with a hard left hook. Charles came back in round two to hurt Vasquez when he landed a big left hook that wobbled the Philadelphia native. Seconds later it was Vasquez who landed a hard four punch combination on the ropes.
In round four, Vasquez landed a big right hand that sent Charles into the ropes. Referee Benji Esteves rendered a 8-rount before Charles stumbled into a far corner and the bout was stopped at 44 seconds of round four.
Vasquez, 135.6 lbs of Philadelphia is 19-9-1 with 9 knockouts. Charles, 135.9 lbs of Atlantic City, NJ is 10-14-1.
Tyrone Luckey won a 4-round unanimous decision over Gang Yong Kim in a Super Featherweight bout.
Luckey dropped Kim in round one with a left hook. Kim came back in round two and tagged Luckey with a hard right. Later in the round, Kim scored a knockdown when a right hand drove Luckey into the ropes and was ruled a knockdown by referee Gary Rosato.
Luckey, 129 1/2 lbs of Middletown, NJ won by scores of 38-36 on all cards and is now 6-4-2. Kim, 130 lbs of Philadelphia is 4-2.
Damon Allen remained undfeated by stopping Luis Rodriguez after round four of their scheduled 6-round Super Lightweight bout.
ALlen, 135.8 lbs of Philadelphia is 7-0 with 3 knockouts. Rodriguez, 138.4 lbs of Carolina, PR is 3-5.