T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - David Lemieux (40-4, 34KOs) of Montreal, Canada defeated Gary O'Sullivan (28-3, 22KOs) of Cork, Ireland via knockout in the first round of a middleweight bout scheduled for 12 rounds. Lemieux earned a chance at the WBA Middleweight Title by stopping O'Sullivan at 2:44 seconds of the aforementioned round.
"Unfortunately, this is boxing," said Gary O'Sullivan. "I got caught, and it just so happens it was against a 179-pound light heavyweight who caught me. That was a big weight discrepancy at fight time."
Vergil Ortiz Jr. (11-0, 11KOs) of Dallas, Texas defeated Roberto Ortiz (35-3-2, 26KOs) of Torreon, Mexico via technical knockout in the second round of a super lightweight fight originally slated for eight rounds.
Alexis Rocha (12-0, 8 KOs) of Santa Ana, California was victorious against Carlos Ortiz (10-3, 10 KOs) of Torreon, Mexico in an eight-round super welterweight fight. Rocha won with scores of 80-72, 80-72 ,79-73.
Jaba Khositashvili (4-0, 2KOs) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beat Lawrence King (4-1, 3KOs) of San Bernardino, California via unanimous decision in a six-round light heavyweight fight. Kohsitashvili won with all scores of 58-56.
"Even though I won tonight, I'm very disappointed because I wasn't allowed the opportunity to demonstrate my fighting," said Jaba Khositashvili. "My opponent kept holding me and wouldn't let me fight him. All I want to do is fight. I have over 20 years of experience fighting and half of that has been spent in the amateurs."
Brian Ceballo (5-0, 3KOs) of New York, New York won via TKO against David Thomas (6-3-2, 2KOs) of Orange, Texas in the second round of a welterweight fight originally scheduled for six rounds.
"I figured out beforehand that he always fights the exact same way," said Brian Ceballo. "So, I knew to keep my distance and keep a fast pace. I saw he couldn't counter, so I kept the pressure and now I'm 5-0. I'm 24 years old, and now I'm ready for a tougher opponent."