Las Vegas Undercard, Anderson, Helenius and Sanchez victorious.

                               

In the co-feature of the evening, Miami based Cuban Frank Sanchez 19-0 (13 KO’s) gave Texan based Nigerian knockout artist Efe Egjaba 15-1 (12 KOs) of his first defeat, winning unanimously. The bout promised fireworks yet soon became a tepid tactical affair with the more polished Sanchez out-hustled the deliberate Ajagba. Sanchez scored a victory sealing knockdown in round 7 when a clean right hand appeared to forced Ajagba to the canvas, a follow up uppercut landed as it appeared the Nigerian was in a squatting position and hadn’t touched down. Efe’s corner implored him to raise his work-rate down the stretch but the demoralised Nigerian looked second best to the smoother more capable stole victory and retained his NABO and WBC Continental Americas titles by scores of 98-91, 98-91, and 97-92

In a lively heavyweight rematch, Robert Helenius 31-3 (19 KOs) of Finland proved the first victory was not a fluke as he repeated the job, defeating Poland’s Adam Kownacki 20-2 (15 KOs) for a second time, back to back. Helenius found his range early, catching Kownacki with clean head shots, backing him up inside the opener. Kownacki appeared caught in the headlights throughout the first 3 rounds and couldn’t gain any momentum against the calculated and purposeful Helenius. Adam struggled to see many of the shots due to an eye swelling that got gradually worse as the rounds wore on. Helenius had Kownacki hurt towards the end of the 3rd forcing the pole to resort to illegal tactics, punching Helenius low at the end of the session. A desperate Kownacki had a point deducted in the 5th as the now battle worn pole was barely surviving. The sixth round appeared a last stand for Kownacki, as he became literal target practice for the relative veteran, as the end looked close, Adam threw another desperate low shot, forcing the referee to call a halt, declaring Helenius the victor by disqualification at 2:38 of the session. 

Rising Toledo Heavyweight Jared Anderson 10-0 (10 KOs) stopped the previously undefeated Russian import Vladamir Tereshkin 22-1-1 (12 KOs) in round two of a scheduled 8. The patient Anderson measured the taller Tereshkin throughout the opener and struggled to find openings. However round 2 saw Anderson close the gap and soon land more meaningful shots, bloodying Tereshkin’s nose. Anderson managed to back the Russian into a corner towards the end of the round and unleash a vicious series of unanswered punches forcing referee Kenny Bayless to stop the fight at 2:51 of the session. The Victory earns Anderson the NABF title.