Jose Pedraza remained perfect by scoring a eighth round stoppage in the final round of his Lightweight bout over Tevin Farmer at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, Missouri.
Farmer did well by beating Pedraza to the punch over the first two roundd. The fight turned in round three when a series of right’s and left sent Farmer to the ropes and he looked ready to go. He was able to withstand that barrage but was unable to find any success for the remainder of the fight. Pedraza started to feature some solid uppercuts and began to take all the rounds.
In round eight, Farmer seemed to go down from a hand injury. No knockdown was credited by he was was and a couple punches later the fight was stopped.
Pedraza, 133 lbs of Cidra, PR is now 11-0 with seven knockouts. Farmer, 133 1/2 lbs of Philadelphia is 7-4-1.
In a battle of undefeated Middleweights, Lamarr Russ scored a first round stoppage over Jonathan Cepeda in scheduled eight round bout.
Cepeda tried to get inside until he ran into a right hand that staggered Cepeda. Russ landed a left and a jab like punch that sent Cepeda down. When he got to his feet, referee Mike England stopped the bout just 1:45 into the fight.
Russ, 161 1/2 lbs of Fayettville, NC is now 11-0 with seven knockouts. Cepeda, 161 1/2 lbs of Jersey City, NJ is now 12-1
