Middleweight Ievgen Khytrov, 11-0, 10 KOs, kept his perfect record intact with a last-round TKO of Nick Brinson, 17-4-2, 7 KOs at Bally’s Atlantic City. Brinson boxed well in the first half of the bout, but Khytrov patiently kept stalking him. In round six, the Brooklyn-based Ukraine closed the gap and did much damage to a fading Brinson, Albany, NY. He
continued wearing his prey down in round seven, and then in the eighth and final round hurt him repeatedly. With Brinson in full retreat, Khytrov caught Brinson with a combination along the ropes that crumbled Nick to the canvas. As he hit the floor, referee Earl Brown stopped the fight at 2:31 of the eighth round. At the time of the stoppage, Brinson was somehow ahead 70-62 and 68-65 on two cards! The third card was 66-66.
In the 8-round main event, Brooklyn’s Sergiy Derevtanchenko extended his undefeated streak to six straight (6-0, 4 KOs) with a unanimous decision over Elvin Ayala of East Haven, CT. Derevtanchenko chased and chopped away at the veteran for the full eight rounds, but Ayala was too durable to fall. However, Derevtanchenko came close as the fight neared its finish. With Ayala tiring, it appeared the Brooklyn fighter might pile on enough punishment to prompt referee Sparkle Lee to stop it in the final round. But Ayala, 28-7-1, 12 KOs, stood his ground and Derevtanchenko settled for a lopsided points win. The scores were 80-72 and 89-71 twice.
In the first of the three bouts nationally televised on Showtime’s ShoBox series, junior welterweight Regis Progrias remained undefeated (15-0, 12 KOs) with an entertaining 8-round decision over aggressive Amos Cowart, 11-1-1, 9 KOs. The fight was a real punch out between the two southpaws. Cowart pressed much of the action, but Progrias was just too accurate with his attack. Most of the way, Progrias stood calmly in the pocket and speared Cowart with stinging combinations. Amos remained competitive and tried to turn the momentum with his own hard shots, but he could not match his opponent’s output. In the final three rounds, Progrias worked well to the body as Cowart lost a little steam. At the end of eight rounds, Progrias took the unanimous verdict by scores of 79-71 and 80-72 twice.
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