Adonis Stevenson retained his WBC Light Heavyweight title with a 3rd round stoppage over Tommy Karpency in Toronto, Canada.
In Round two, Stevenson landed a crushing left that sent Karpency sprawling to the canvas. Luckily for Karpency it came just before the end of the round and he was able to get out of it. In the opening five seconds of round three, Karpency went down again and upon getting to his feet, the referee stopped the bout at 21 seconds of round three.
Stevenson, 175 lbs of Montreal is 27-1 with 22 knockouts. Karpency, 174 1/2 lbs of Adac, PA is 25-5-1.
Terrific prospect, Errol Spence Jr. remained perfect as he stopped Chris Van Heerden in round eight of their scheduled 10-round Welterweight bout.
In round one, Van Heerden started to swell around his right eye. In round four, Van Heerden began to bleed from his mouth. In the same round, referee Alan Huggins deducted a point from Van Heerden for spitting out his mouthpiece.
In round seven, Spence pounded on Van Heerden along the ropes and dropped him for the first time in his career with a chopping left. Spence scored a 2nd knock down with a flurry. In round eight, Spence pounded away on Van Heerden before Huggins stepped in and stopped the bout at 50 seconds.
Spence, 146 1/2 lbs of DeSoto, TX is 18-0 with 15 knockouts. Van Heerden, 146 1/2 lbs of South Africa is 23-2-1.
Prichard Colon remained undefeated by scoring a 4th round stoppage over former Super Lightweight champion Vivian Harris in a scheduled 6-round Super Welterweight bout.
Colon dropped Harris on stomach in round four and the bout was stopped at 1:03.
Colon of Puerto Rico is now 16-0 with 13 knockouts Harris of Brooklyn, NY is 32-11-2.
