Deontay Wilder scored a stoppage after round eight to retain the WBC Heavyweight title at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama
Arreola cut on his nose in round two as the result of a Wilder right hand. In round four, Wilder landed big combination that put Arreola on the canvas. Arreola was bleeding from his right. Wilder landed a hard right that rocked and wobbled Arreola and almost had the challenger knocked out before the bell rang to end the round.
Arreola continued to take punishment and his left eye closed after round seven. He wasn’t able to mount any type offense and the fight was stopped after the eighth round.
Wilder, 227 lbs of Tuscaloosa, AL is 37-0 with 36 knockouts. Arreola, 246 lbs of Riverside, CA is 36-5-1.
Former Olympic Gold Medal winner, Felix Diaz won a 10-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Sammy Vasquez in a welterweight bout
In round eight, Vasquez began to drip a lot of blood from his mouth, Vasquez was cut over his right eye in round nine. Vasquez was deducted a point in round ten for spitting out his mouthpiece.
Diaz of Santo Domingo, DR won a card 96-93 and 95-94 twice and is now 18-1. . Vasquez of Monessen, PA is 21-1.
Vasquez landed 149 of 597 punches. Diaz landed 151 of 502 punches.
Erickson Lubin remained perfect by scoring an eight round unanimous decision over Ivan Montero in a junior middleweight bout.
Lubin, 154 lbs of Orlando, FL won by scores of 80-72 on all cards and is now 16-0. Montero, 154 lbs of Meridian, MX is 20-2.
Lubin landed 154 of 340 punches. Montero was 90-320,
Jamal James remained undefeated by winning a 10-round split decision over Wale Omotoso in a welterweight bout
Omotoso was credited with a knockdown in round one. In round five, a mouse started to develop over the left eye of James.
James, 147 lbs of Minneapolis, MN won by scores of 96-93, 96-94 while Omotoso took a card 97-92.
James is now 20-0. Omotoso, 146 lbs of Oxnard, CA is 26-3.
Sergio Frias may have shoveled the dirt on the career of former world champion Vic Darchinyan by scoring a 2nd round knockout in a scheduled 8-round super bantamweight bout.
Frias landed a punishing right to the jaw that sent Darchinyan plummeting to the canvas on his back and the fight was stopped at 2:14
Frias, 121 lbs of Guadalajara, MX is 18-6-2 with 9 knockouts. Darchinya, 122 lbs of Glendale, CA is 42-9-1.
