Elijah Pierce survived an early knockdown and came back to stop former world title challenger Arthur Villanueva in round four in a scheduled 10-round super bantamweight at The Overtime Arena in Atlanta.
In round two, Villanueva hurt Pierce with a hard right that had him stumbling across the ring and another right put Pierce on the canvas. In round four, Pierce dropped Villanueva with a straight left. Pierce ended things as he battered Villanueva with a series of hard left hands that made Villanueva wilt to the canvas just before the end of the round.
Pierce, 121.8 lbs of Atlanta is 20-2 with 16 knockouts. Villanueva, 122.8 lbs of Bago City, PHL is 35-5.
In a battle of undefeated lightweight, Haven Brady Jr. stopped Waldemar Carril in round six of their eight-round bout.
In round five, Brady dropped Carril with a perfect overhand chopping right hand. Later in the round, Brady was deducted a point for hitting behind the head. In round six, Brady landed a hard combination on the ropes and the fight was stopped at 1:59.
Brady, 132.6 lbs of Albany, GA is 12-0 with five knockouts. Carril, 133 lbs of Puerto Rico is 8-1.
Decaree Scott stopped Teddy Webster in round four of a six-round heavyweight bout.
In round three, Webster had a small cut around his left eye.
In round four, Scott dropped Webster with a left uppercut. Later in the round, Scott continued to batter Webster in the corner and the fight was stopped after a barrage of punches at 2:11.
Scott, 274 1/4 lbs of Atlanta is 9-1 with eight knockouts. Webster, 252 3/4 lbs of Mississippi is 6-3.
Giovanni Marquez dominated former world title challenger Jayson Velez and won a six-round unanimous decision on a junior welterweight bout.
Marquez, 142 1/4 lbs of Houston won by scores of 60-54 and is now 9-0. Velez, 142 1/4 lbs over Puerto Rico is 30-14-1.
Oshae Jones remained undefeated with a five-round beatdown over Sonya Dreiling in a scheduled eight-round junior middleweight bout.
In rounds two and three, Jones battered Dreiling to the point where Dreiling started to bleed from her face.
Finally in round five the bout was halted as Dreiling was taking a large amount of punishment.
Jones, 153 3/4 lbs of Toledo, OH is 6-0 with two knockouts. Dreiling of Greely, CO is 6-5.
In a battle of undefeated super middleweights, Donte Layne stopped DeShaun Mitchell in the opening round of their four-round bout.
In round one, Layne dropped Mitchell as he hurt him with a right to the top of the head. Layne scored a second knockdown with a hard flurry. Mitchell was unsteady and got dropped again after eating a series of rights and lefts and the fight was stopped at 2:43.
Layne, 168 lbs of Elmont, NY is 2-0 with two knockouts. Mitchell, 167 3/4 lbs of Independence, MS is 2-1.
