Elijah Pierce stopped Michael Dasmarinas in round nine of a scheduled 10-round featherweight bout at The Tabernacle in Atlanta.

In the opening round, Damarinas dropped Pierce with a perfect left to the head.

In round nine, Pierce hurt Dasmarinas with a left hand and then followed up with several more lefts that sent Dasmarinas wobbling into the ropes and down. Moments later, Pierce landed a right hook to the body followed by a booming right hook upstairs that sent Dasmarinas crumpling down to the bottom rope and the fight was stopped at 2:01,

Pierce, 123.2 lbs of Loganville, HA is 21-2 with 17 knockouts. Damarinas, 123,6 lbs of Banger, PHL is 36-5-2.

Oshae Jones retained her IBF/IBO Junior Middleweight World title with a 10-round split decision over Elia Carranza.

Jones, 153.4 lbs of Toledo, OH won by scores of 98-92 and 96-94. One descending judge somehow gave every round to Carranza.

Jones landed 137 of 559. Carranza was 71 of 430.

Jones is now 10-0, Carranza, 153 lbs of Miami us 11-2.

Haven Bardy Jr. was impressive in winning a 10-round unanimous decision over DeMichael Harris in a lightweight bout.

Brady was quick with his punches as he was dominant with lead right hooks and hurt Harris in round seven with a pair of left hooks.

The dominance of Brady was shown in the punch stats as Brady landed 332 of 683 punches while Harris was 85 of 480.

Brady, 132 lbs of Augusta, GA won by scores of 100-89 on all cards and is now 16-0. Harris of Atlanta is 12-2-1.

Nathan Lugo stopped Rashad McWilliams in the opening frame of their six-round super middleweight bout.

In round one, Lugo dropped McWilliams with a right to the head. Lugo dropped McWilliams again with a perfect counter right to the chin with McWilliams not beating the count at 2:39.

Lugo, 168.8 lbs of Atlanta is 5-0 with five knockouts. McWilliams, 168 lbs of New Albany, MS is 4-1.

Desmond Lyons won a six-round unanimous decision over Julio Gomez in a lightweight fight.

In round three, Gomez was cut over the right eye.

Lyons, 132 lbs of North Augusta, SC won by scores of 59-54 and 58-55 twice and is now 10-3. Gomez, 135 lbs is 7-3-2.

Maximus Garland won a six-round unanimous decision over Morgan Griggie in a welterweight “Pink Slip” fight.

Garland landed 143 of 396 punches. Griggie landed 82 of 330.

Garland, 146 lbs of Capitol Heights, MD won by scores of 59-55 and 58-56 twice and is now 9-0. Griggie, 145.8 lbs of Fayetville, GA is 9-0.

Garland will appear on another OTX card, while Griggie will not.

Elijah Lugo stopped Marquis Williams in round five of their six-round middleweight bout.

In round four, Williams was deducted a point for holding. In round five, Lugo dropped Williams with a straight right to the body. Lugo scored a second knockdown with a right to the body and Williams did not beat the count at 1:47.

Lugo, 160 lbs of Atlanta is 3-0 with one knockout. Williams, 159 lbs of Houston is 3-3.

LAS VEGAS (April 24, 2023) – A pair of 19-year-old lightweight prodigies are set to return in separate bouts as part of the ESPN+-streamed undercard to the PPV main event headlined by the undisputed lightweight championship battle between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Undefeated Las Vegas native Emiliano Fernando Vargas will take on an opponent to be named in a four-round bout, and Cleveland-born southpaw AbdullahMason will face Desmond Lyons in a six-rounder.

Vargas’ return, Mason-Lyons and additional undercard fights will be streamed live on ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. 

The stream will precede a two-fight ESPN telecast featuring the vacant WBO junior bantamweight world title showdown between Australia’s former world champion Andrew Moloney and Japan’s undefeated former WBO flyweight titlist Junto Nakatani. Moloney-Nakatani and the return of middleweight prospect Nico Ali Walsh will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

The Haney vs. Lomachenko main card will stream live on Top Rank on ESPN+ PPV, the event’s exclusive digital distributor in the United States, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. Priced at $59.99 across all distributors, it also will be available via cable and satellite pay-per-view providers.

The PPV undercard features a 10-round junior lightweight co-feature between two-division world champion Oscar Valdez and Adam “BluNose” Lopez in a rematch of their 2019 battle.

In the PPV opener, rising lightweight Raymond “Danger” Muratalla will take on big-punching Namibian contender Jeremia Nakathila in a 10-round clash. 

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Devin Haney Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, tickets are on sale now at axs.com.

Vargas (4-0, 3 KOs) was a seven-time national amateur champion before debuting in the pro ranks in May 2022 with a first-round knockout of Mark Salgado. In October, “El General” signed a multi-year promotional contract with Top Rank and debuted with a highlight-reel knockout over Julio Martinez. Under the guidance of his father and trainer, former world champion Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, the young lightweight has already scored two victories this year, a four-round decision win over Francisco Duque in February and a second-round knockout over Edgar Uvalle in April.

Mason (7-0, 6 KOs) was considered one of the brightest talents in U.S. amateur boxing before signing with Top Rank in October 2021. Mason made his pro debut in November 2021 with a second-round TKO win over Jaylan Phillips. In 2022, Mason went 5-0 with four knockouts. The southpaw phenom is coming off a first-round stoppage over Erick Garcia Benitez in April. Lyons (8-2, 2 KOs) is a 24-year-old South Carolina native who defeated Aaron Jamel Hollis via a six-round decision last May. 

In other undercard action streaming on ESPN+:

• Junior featherweight Floyd “Cashflow” Diaz (8-0, 3 KOs) looks to shine in front of a hometown crowd in an eight-round bout against a to-be-determined foe. Diaz is coming off a fourth-round TKO win over Edgar Joe Cortes last November.
   
• Middleweight slugger Amari Jones (8-0, 7 KOs) will make his 2023 debut in a six-round clash. In 2022, Jones traveled to Melbourne, Australia, and fought on the undercard of both Haney-George Kambosos Jr. fights.