Jamal James stopped Mahonry Montes in round two of a scheduled ten-round welterweight bout at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In round two, James landed a perfect left to the body that had Montes rolling in pain on the canvas and the fight was over at 2:58.
James, 145 lbs of Minneapolis, MN is 24-1 with 11 knockouts. Montes, 147 lbs of Los Mochis, MEX is 35-8-1.
“I came out here to make a statement and I’m even happier to be able to do it right here at home,” said James. “The support in Minnesota is amazing and it gave me the extra motivation to get the job done in spectacular fashion. Everyone knows I attack the body and tonight I was able to use it to get the finish”
“I feel like I’m ready for the elite welterweights and tonight proved it again,” said James. “I’m going to keep working hard and taking down anyone they put in front of me. It’s time for me to make my mark in the division.”
In a battle of former world title challengers, Willie Monroe, Jr. won a 10-round unanimous decision over Javier Maciel.
Monroe, 161 3/4 lbs of Rochester, NY won by scores of 100-90 twice and 99-91 ,and is now 23-3. Maciel, 161 3/4 lbs of Argentina is 33-7.
In one of the weirdest occurrences in boxing, heavyweight Curtis Harper simply walked out of the ring just after the bell sounded for his bout with Efe Ajagba.
When the bell rang, Harper walked out of the ring like it was no big deal, and the official result was a disqualification win for Ajagba after one second.
Ajagba is now 6-0. Harper is 13-6.
Jeison Rosario won a ten-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Jamontay Clrk in a super welterweight bout.
In round three, Rosario landed a big right hand that knocked Clark down and out of the ring. Clark beat the count. Rosario continued to land crush blows that had Clark bleeding from his nose and mouth. Rosario continued to pound away on Clark until the final bell.
Rosario of the Dominican Republic won by scores of 99-90, 98-91 and 97-92 to raise his mark to 16-1-1. Clark of Cincinnati, OH is 13-1.
Eimantas Stanionis won an eight-round unanimous decision over Levan Ghvamichava in a welterweight bout.
Stanionis, 149 lbs of Lithunania won by scores of 80-72 and 79-73 twice, and is now 7-0. Ghvamichva, 149 lbs of the Republic of Georgia is 18-4-1.
Sebastian Fundora stopped Antnio Urista in round four of their scheduled eight-round junior middleweight bou.
In round three, Urista began to bleed from the nose. In round four, the towering 6’6″ Fundora continued continued the beatdown, and the fight was stopped at 2:23.
Fundora, 154 lbs of Cochella, CA is 10-0 with six knockouts. Urista, 155 lbs of Lansing, MI is 10-3.
Leon Lawson III won a six-round unanimous decision over Brandon Adams in a junior middleweight bout.
Lawson, 152 3/4 lbs won by scores of 60-54 on all cards, and is now 8-0. Adams, 151 3/4 lbs of Oakland, CA is 4-7-1.
Efetober Apochi stopped Aaron Chavers in the 1st round of their scheduled six-round cruiserweight bout.
Apochi dominated and battered Chavers all over the ring and the fight wa stopped at 2:24.
Apochi of Houston, TX is 5-0 with five knockouts. Chavers of Oklahoma City is 8-6-1.
Antonio Russell needed just 78 seconds to dispose of Nick Otieno in their scheduled six-round super bantamweight bout.
Russell landed a left hand that sent Otieno down on his back for the ten count.
Russell, 118 1/2 lbs of Washington, DC is 12-0 with 10 knockouts. Otieno, 121 1/2 lbs of Nairobi, Kenya is 31-15.
