Kaizer Mabuza won by TKO over Kendall Holt in an IBF Light Welterweight Title eliminator fight. Mabuza was trying to be the aggressor early in the fight, but Holt did not seem to be allowing it. Holt was landing the cleaner body shots in the first round. The second round seemed to belong to Holt too. Holt was fighting a counter-punchers fight. Mabuza was throwing a lot, but he was not able to land them. And Mabuza was showing frustration at Holt’s movement.

Mabuza, however, was still determined to win this fight. He turned the tide of the fight in the third round. Mabuza almost knocked down Holt early in the round. Holt would have gone down if not for leaning on Mabuza. This seemed to give confidence to Mabuza. He became the aggressor, controlling the round. He kept Holt on the ropes for most of the round.

Holt, sensing the situation, became more aggressive in the fourth round. He threw the first punch, and as long as he kept off the ropes, he was looking good. But whenever Mabuza could get Holt on the ropes, he was able to land good, hard shots. Mabuza also landed a shot to the nose of Holt, causing blood to flow. This could have been the shot to turn the fight, making it difficult for Holt to breathe.

The next two rounds belonged to Mabuza. He was chasing Holt down in the fifth. He again caught Holt on the ropes. Holt looked to be in trouble, hardly throwing a punch, and what he did manage to throw lacked power. Holt might have gotten of the first punch in the sixth round, but he quickly found himself in trouble again. He spent most of the round backing up around the ring. Mabuza was landing punches while chasing Holt down. He never let up the pressure. Referee Lindsey Page stopped the fight after the sixth round.

The second fight of the evening was between light heavyweights Anthony Pietrantonio and Ariel Espinal. The fight started with Pietrantonio using his height advantage against Espinal. He made it difficult for Espinal to get inside. In the second round, Espinal would throw himself at Pietrantonio just to get inside to land some punches. The third round started out looking to be much more of the same; however, Espinal was able to knock Pietrantonio down. Pietrantonio returned the favor, knocking Espinal to the mat with what seemed to be no more than a wild punch. Espinal cut the right eye of Pietrantonio and kept up the pressure until the end of the round. By the beginning of the fourth round, Pietrantonio was looking tired. He was throwing wide hooks that lacked any power. Espinal was able to get inside and starting landing combinations. Referee Benjy Estevez stopped the fight at 1:38 in the fourth round. Espinal won by TKO.

Super Middleweight Todd Eriksson failed to get his first win in a fight against Troy Maxwell. Eriksson had speed but little style. He seemed to fight off of nervous energy. Maxwell stayed calm throughout the fight. He was landing the harder shots. Although Maxwell at times seemed to have trouble with Eriksson’s height, he just kept working at the body of Eriksson. In the second round, Maxwell caught Eriksson on the ropes. Eriksson was slowing down by the third round. Maxwell was landing more, and he was backing Eriksson around the ring. Maxwell clearly controlled round four. By the end of the fight, both were covered in blood. Maxwell won the unanimous decision.

Although Jamaal Davis put up a good fight against Ossie Duran, Duran’s experience seemed to get the better of Davis. Davis came out in the first round as the aggressor, giving Duran little opportunity. Duran was able to come back late in the round. This seemed to be enough for the judges to give him the round. Davis started to let up the pressure in the second round, and Duran was able to take control of the round.. Once again, Davis came out as the aggressor in the third round. But Duran landed a hard punch to the head of Davis, knocking his backward. Davis was fighting cautious now. Duran was now clearly in control, landing hard shots to his head. The fourth round was more of an all out brawl. But the more Davis got hit, the more he kept his distance. All three judges scored the fight 40-36 for Duran.

In what was the shortest fight of the night, Glen Tapia won the TKO victory over Tyrone Miles in 1:00.