Antonin Decarie scored a ten round unanimous decision over fringe contender Shamone Alvarez in a welterweight bout at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.
Alvarez has some success early as he moved in and out and got through with some left hands. Decarie started taking over as early as round three has began to get through with some good right hands. In round five, Decarie sent Alvarez to the canvas with one of those sharp rights and again sent Alvarez down at the end of round eight eight. The plethora of right hands opened up a cut over the left eye of Alvarez. Alvarez was not much of a threat heading down the stretch as the native son Decarie performed well in his first major headlining appearance.
Decarie, 147 lbs of Laval, Canada won by scores of 99-89; 98-90; and 97-91 to raise his record to 25-1. Alvarez, 147 lbs of Atlantic City, NJ is now 21-4.
Jo Jo Dan scored a sixth round technical decision over former world champion Steve Forbed when a headbutt opened up a nasty cut over the left eye of Forbes.
Dan scored well with some decent shots while Forbes tried to work the body. In round six, Forbed came forward and two fighters clashed heads that opened up the cut and the fight was stopped.
Dan, 146 1/2 lbs of Montreal won by scores of 58-56 of all cards and is now 28-1. Forbes, 147 lbs of Detroit is 35-9.
Ghislum Maduma remained undefeated with a four round unanimous decision over Isaac Bejarano in a Lightweight bout.
Maduma dominated the action with an assortment of punches against a tough but overmateched Bejarano.
Maduma, 133 lbs of Montreal won by scores of 40-34; 40-36 to go to 3-0. Bejarano, 135 lbs of Ciudad, Mexico is now 9-9-1.
