Heavyweight Timur Ibragimov 29-2(16KO) won the WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title with a TKO win over previously undefeated Gurcharan Singh 20-1(11KO), who represented India in the 2000 Olympics. Ibragmov, who was on the 1996 Uzbekistani Olympic Team, paced himself through the beginning of the fight and then dropped Singh in the 9th round with a huge overhand right and came out to finish the fight and dropped Singh with another over hand right that nearly knocked him out of the ring, at 1:45 of the 10th and final round.
Brad Solomon 13-0(5KO) was impressive and won the WBA International and the WBC Latino welterweight titles with a TKO win over veteran Wilfredo Negron 26-15 (19). Solomon, the former 3 time national champion was very slick and fast and often rocked the old pro Negron. The very fast athletic Solomon was coming off of an impressive win on ESPN over formerly undefeated heavy handed Kenny Galarza. Sam Burgos stepped in at 2:56 of round six after Solomon overwhelmed Negron with an onslaught of punches. The very skilled Solomon has a style reminiscent of Roy Jones Junior and is on his way to being a contender in the welterweight division. This was Solomon’s’ first fight under the Heavyweight Factory promotional company.
Former Cuban amateur star Luis “Big Thing” Ortiz 3-0 (2KO) won the WBC Fecarbox heavyweight title in just his third professional fight with a unanimous decision win over Kendrick Releford 22-14 (10). Ortiz put his punches together well throughout the fight and dropped Releford with a great left uppercut in the second round. The cards read 80-72 and 79-72 twice. Heavyweight Factory fighter Ortiz, being billed as the next great Cuban heavyweight, had over 360 amateur fights.
Heavyweight Watson Pierre 1-0, fighting out of Fort Lauderdale made a successful debut with a 2nd round KO over big Ray “Hurricane” Tillman 0-1 who was fighting out of the Heavyweight Factory in Tampa. Pierre dropped Tillman with a huge overhand right in the second and Tillman was unable to beat the count. The end came at 1:30.
Heavyweights Emmanuel Augustama 2-0-1(2KO) and Robert Turner 3-2-1(2KO) fought 4 rounds to a draw with the cards reading 39-37 40-36 38-38.
In the third fight of the night former Cuban amateur star Inocente Fiss 3-0 2(KO) looked great with a win over Reynaldo Cepeda 4-1(3KO) representing Tampa’s Fight Factory. After a competitive action packed first round. Cepeda showed great slickness and boxing while fighting hard, but Fiss was the aggressor and landed the bigger shots. The official cards read 59-55 and 60-54.
In an awesome fight of undefeated Miami Cruiserweights, Pedro Rodriguez 3-0(3KO) showed great heart with a great sixth round TKO over Abdulah Dobey 4-1(4KO). Rodriguez stunned Dobey in the second round and continued with a barrage of shots up until the end of the round putting Dobey out on his feet, Dobey was so rocked he went to the wrong corner but came out to a great round three as Rodriguez noticeably slowed and appeared to have punched himself out. Dobey started gaining ground through the middle rounds however was caught with a big comeback by Rodriguez and was dropped at 1:30 of the sixth round.
Jayce Monroe 2-0(1KO) handed Heavyweight Factory’s James Bryant 3-1(3KO) his first career loss with a split decision win in a sloppy fight. Bryant got knocked down early in the first round. The scores card read 38-37 Bryant 39-37 Monroe 38-37 Monroe
Notable fighters in attendance were Shannon Briggs, Joey Hernandez, Guillermo Rigondeaux, John David Jackson, and Oliver McCall.