In a dazzling display of overkill, Otto Wallin decided he only needed 48 seconds of his Friday night to absolutely demolish Onoriode Ehwarieme at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. With the elegance of a wrecking ball, Wallin launched a straight left that floored Ehwarieme so hard, the man forgot he was supposed to fight back.
Over in Brisbane, Justis Huni transformed the Fortitude Music Hall into a personal demolition site, giving Troy Pilcher a harsh lesson in the art of the knockout. After a quaint dance in round one, Huni delivered a body shot in the second that spelled the beginning of the end for Pilcher. A vicious left hook later and Pilcher was decorating the corner, prompting the ref to mercifully end the fight with 40 seconds to spare.
Last Saturday night at Toronto’s Concert Hall, spectators might’ve mistaken the boxing ring for a splash zone, given the way fighters were hitting the deck. Leading the chaos was Junlong Zhang, who basically needed only to breeze past Cesar Hernan Reynoso to send him crumbling to the canvas in their heavyweight showdown. Zhang, coming off a two-year snack break, returned to flatten his opponent in the first round, reminding everyone why his record gleams with 19 KOs.
The co-main event could’ve sold tickets to a comedy club, with Triston Brookes and Mikhail Miller trading falls as if they were competing for an Olympic gold in synchronized flopping. Six times they went down collectively, but Brookes was the last man standing—or staggering—to clinch a TKO in round six.
Not to be outdone, the undercard featured Dylan Taylor from Windsor securing a unanimous decision against Vitalii Maksymiv, who might want to reconsider his day job. Meanwhile, Meilyn Martinez and Antonio Scaringi kept their records cleaner than a health freak’s diet, both winning by unanimous decision without breaking much of a sweat.
The brutality fest continued in Los Angeles where Omar Trinidad, hailing from Boyle Heights, decided to accelerate his fight night against Viktor Slavinskyi. From the get-go, Trinidad trapped Slavinskyi against the ropes like a fly on sticky paper. After a particularly mean straight right, Slavinskyi was left reassessing his life decisions as he stumbled—cue dramatic referee intervention for a theatrical knockdown. Not one for cliffhangers, Trinidad sealed the deal, dropping Slavinskyi again, and at 2:31, the ref waved it all off, saving everyone the pretense of uncertainty.
Meanwhile, in Florida, Jan Paul Rivera turned educator in a brutal seminar on how to dismantle an undefeated record. On this enlightening Friday at the Caribe Royale Resort, Rivera showed Justin Goodson the canvas in round three—just a friendly heads-up of what was to come. By round seven, he reiterated his point not once but twice, leading the ref to intervene at 2:43, presumably to stop Goodson from sending a thank you card.
In El Paso, TX, at the County Coliseum, the scene was nothing short of a gladiator arena as Stephanie Han conquered Miranda Reyes in a brutal eight-round brawl, winning the vacant WBA Continental Americas Lightweight Championship. The fight was the jewel of the King’s Promotion’s ‘Ring Wars 12’ event, which saw a packed house of local fans cheering wildly from start to finish.
Both warriors, hailing from El Paso, traded heavy blows in a contest that truly lived up to its billing, with Han edging out Reyes by unanimous decision with scores of 79-73, 78-74, and a nail-biter 77-75. This victory not only keeps Han’s record spotless at 9-0 but also marks her first professional title, setting her sights now on global domination in the lightweight division.
With the WBA Continental Americas title now under her belt, Han is poised to ascend the rankings and possibly square off against the current WBA Gold Lightweight Champion, Jessica Camara.
In the co-feature, local super middleweight sensation Jorge Tovar resumed his knockout streak, dispatching Lester Medrano in just two rounds. After a couple of fights that went the distance, Tovar has recalibrated, bringing enhanced technique and conditioning to his game. The knockout, delivered at 1:49 of the second round, was a statement that Tovar is back and more dangerous than ever.
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