Sergiy Derevyanchenko stopped Taureano Johnson in the final round of their scheduled twelve round IBF Middleweight Elimination bout in Miami, Oklahoma.
The fight had some solid two-way action in spots with Derevyanchenko getting the better of the exchanges. In round twelve, Derevyanchenko landed a left hook that sent the broken down Johnson to the canvas. The fight was stopped 40 seconds into the final stanza.
Derevyanchenko, 159 lbs of Brooklyn, NY now waits the winner of the September 16 Gennady Golovkin – Canelo Alvarez bout with a record of 11-0 with nine knockouts. Johnson, 159. lbs of Atlanta, GA is now 20-2.
“I’m very happy with my performance,” said Derevyanchenko. “I did exactly what we worked on in training and broke him down to get the knockout.”
“I’m very disappointed,” said Johnson. “But I give a lot of credit to Derevyanchenko and congratulate him on his performance tonight.”
“He was very tough and took a lot of punches,” said Derevyanchenko. “Maybe the fight could have been stopped earlier but I was always ready to go the distance.”
“I’m ready to fight the winner of Golovkin vs. Canelo for the title,” said Derevyanchenko. “I think that Golovkin will win and I look forward to fighting him next.”
Hugo Centeno, Jr scored a spectacular third round stoppage over Immanuwel Aleem in round three of their scheduled ten-round middleweight bout.
Centeno landed a perfect left hook that sent Aleem plummeting to the canvas, and the back of his head bounced off the mat and the bout was stopped at 2:27.
Centeno, 158.8 lbs of Oxnard, CA is now 26-1 with 14 knockouts. Aleem, 158.8 lbs of Richmond, VA is 17-1-1.
Austin Dulay remained undefeated by stopping Carlos Padilla after three rounds of their scheduled eight round lightweight bout.
In round three, Dulay dropped Padilla from a combination on the ropes. After the round, the corner of Padilla waved off the contest.
Dulay, 132.8 lbs of Nashville, TN is 11-0 with eight knockouts. Padilla, 131.2 lbs of Barranquilla, COL is 16-6-1.
