From 0-100, Ali steps up in class to defeat Abregu

The fight started off slow, Ali began to work his way into the fight by keeping Abregu at bay with his jab, while utilizing good footwork. 

The action commenced in the middle rounds, as Ali began to sit on his punches, while throwing them with wicked intent. Ali’s foot/hand speed, ring angles, and power proved to be to much for the man once known for putting Thomas Dulorme’s career on hold.

"Ali is a great fighter, but I thought the referee stopped it abruptly," said Abregu, now 36-3, (29). "I could have continued. His speed is what got to me. He was very fast. I would throw a punch and he would find a way to get out. He was way faster than I thought he would be."

Light heavyweight Vyacheslav Shabransky, Of Los Angeles, California kept his undefeated record intact, by way of a second round knockout of Emil Gonzalez.

Shabransky, now 11-0, (9) made it a quick night in the office by unleashing a flurry of punches to the head and body of Gonzalez, while he was against the ropes, that made the native of Puerto Rico buckle. 

Gonzalez, 11-9-1, (8), was floored, but to his credit managed to get up. However, Gonzalez’s corner threw in the towel at the end of the round. The official time of the stoppage w as 3:00.

Light heavyweight Nadjib Mohammedi of France needed only one round to vanquish Demetrius Walker of Kansas City, Missouri. 

Mohammedi, now 37-3, (22) put Walker on the seat of his pants twice via a barrage of punches, ultimately leaving Walker, 7-8-1, (4) on the floor permantely. The time was 2:16. 

Mohammedi is now the number one contender in the IBF. Mohammedi now becomes the mandatory challender to champion Sergey Kovalev.

In a snoozer Heavyweight Vyacheslav  Glazkov, now 19-0-1, (12), scored a seventh round TKO win  over Darnell "The Ding-A-Ling Man" Wilson, now 25-18-3, (21). Glazkov dominated the action from start to finish.

Junior lightweight Eric “Outlaw” Hunter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania stopped Daniel Ramirez of Los Angeles, California in the 6th round. The scheduled 10 rounder was called to a halt at the 1:23 mark of the same round.

A Hunter left hook would drop Ramirez to the canvas, Hunter eventually finished what he started by utilizing hard shots to the head of Ramirez, prompted the ref to intervene and wave the fight off. Ramirez now stands at 11-2, (5). Hunter improved to 19-3, (10).

Light heavyweight Sullivan Barrera, of Miami, Florida improved to 14-0, (9) after knocking out fellow Floridian Rowland Bryant in the second round of a scheduled 8 rounder.

Barrera knocked Bryant down in the second stanza and eventually finished him at the end of the fourth. Bryant’s corner stopped the contest before the bell sounded to indicate the start of the 5th round. Bryant, now drops to 18-4, (12).

Russian southpaw Andrey Sirotkin, improved to 5-0, (2) via a six round unanimous decision over Michael Mitchell. Scores were 60-53, and 59-54 twice. Sirotkin, a light heavyweight dropped Mitchell, of Paterson New Jersey in the fourth frame, en route to the win. Mitchell now falls to 3-5-2, (1).

 In the opening bout of the evening, junior welterweight Ryan Martin of Chattanooga, Tennessee, made quick and easy work of Isais Gonzales, of Tuscon, Arizona, to remain undefeated. Martin stopped Gonzales, via a second round TKO.

With the victory, Martin upped his ledger to 9-0, (5). Martin scored knockdowns in the first and second round before the referee waved the contest off. Gonzales dropped to 17-4, (12).