Osleys Iglesias didn’t stumble in any respect beneath the principle occasion highlight, staying undefeated with a fifth spherical stoppage of Petro Ivanov in Montreal.
It was a comparatively lengthy evening of labor for Iglesias, who took longer to shut the present in opposition to the comparatively unknown Ivanov than he did earlier this yr in opposition to Sena Agbeko, Evgeny Shvedenko, and Marcelo Coceres mixed.
Early on, Iglesias (13-0, 12 KO) appeared joyful to work on the again foot, patiently ready for openings and timing lightning fast counters. Ivanov (18-1-2, 13 KO) obtained rocked onerous within the third, however stayed vertical and located his option to the tip of the spherical. Iglesias shifted to doing extra work on the entrance foot, resulting in Ivanov dropping his mouthpiece in what might need been a strategic transfer to catch a break.
Iglesias got here out scorching within the fifth, jabbing Ivanov into retreat, then blasting him with a counter uppercut-jab combo for a knockdown. Ivanov discovered his ft, however the referee didn’t like how he regarded and known as the struggle to a halt. You may argue it was early, nevertheless it wasn’t unreasonable. Ivanov regarded glassy-eyed, hadn’t gotten something going, and Iglesias was beginning to actually unload on him.
Credit score to Ivanov, who labored onerous to keep away from the third spherical knockdown and lasted longer than anybody has in virtually two years. However Iglesias as soon as once more regarded like a finely polished pressure within the making. It’s nonetheless largely an eye fixed take a look at analysis, however Iglesias comes as near acing that eye take a look at as anybody I can recall lately. Hopefully, 2025 brings him the chance to show himself in opposition to the most effective within the division.
Steven Butler TKO-1 Fernando Farias
Butler (35-5-1, 29 KO) wanted a get-well victory after a knockout loss again in June, and located it in opposition to a 35-year-old Argentinian truck driver. No disrespect supposed to Farias (12-3-3, 4 KO), who fought at welterweight earlier in his profession and got here in as a alternative on only a few weeks discover, however Butler was in one other league. Farias went down midway by way of the primary spherical, then went down for a second and remaining time not a lot after for the TKO-1 end.
Earlier outcomes
Wilkens Mathieu TKO-4 Marcos Karalitzky (3:00)
Dzmitry Asanau TKO-5 Matias Rueda (2:58)
Jhon Orobio TKO-1 Jacopo Colli (1:12)
