Lee wins WBO middleweight belt

Middleweight Andy Lee (34-2, 23 KOs) scored a sudden sixth round TKO over previously unbeaten Olympian Matt Korobov (24-1, 13 KOs) to claim the WBO middleweight belt formerly held by Peter Quillin, who relinquished the title rather than to face Korobov. The close fight ended abruptly after Lee rocked Korobov with a right hook and then got the stoppage from Kenny Bayless with a barrage of punches. Lee was behind on all three scorecards before the TKO win.

WBA interim jr welterweight champion Mauricio “El Maestro” Herrera (21-5, 7 KOs) was surprisingly dethroned by Jose Benavidez Jr. (22-0, 15 KOs). Herrera outboxed Benavidez early, but the challenger adjusted his tactics and turned the tables. In the end, it was Benevidez prevailing by scores of 116-112, 116-112, 117-111, raising some eyebrows at ringside. A scoring controversy for the second time this week in a WBA interim title fight.

Former lightweight world title challenger Denis Shafikov (35-1-1, 19 KOs) scored an eight round unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Mendoza (21-5-2, 21 KOs). Fine performance by Shafikov, who won 79-73 on all cards.

Another impressive performance for 2012 Olympian super lightweight Jose Ramirez (13-0, 10 KOs) who brutalized game Anthony Arellano (7-3-1, 3 KOs) and got the stoppage with ten seconds left in the scheduled six. Ramirez impressed as he mixed it up throughout the fight working behind the jab and following up with power punches getting inside breaking Arellano down.

In the toughest fight of his career, unbeaten NABF welterweight champion Mikael Zewski (26-0, 20 KOs) won a hard fought ten round majority decision over determined Jeremy Bryan (17-5, 7 KOs). Zewski pressed the action the entire fight as Jeremy Bryan was on the run sticking and moving. Scores were 95-95 and 97-93 twice.

Unbeaten Long Beach, New York light heavyweight Seanie Monaghan stopped Daniel Regi of Hungary in three rounds in a scheduled ten rounder. A right hand dropped Regi for the third time as referee Russell Mora stopped the fight 2:52 of the third round. Monaghan keeps his record perfect at 23-0, 15 KOs. Regi drops to 20-12, 9 KOs.

In the opening bout from the Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, two-time Lithuanian Olympian Edgidijus Kavaliauskas of Oxnard scored a second round knockout over Jaime Herrera in a scheduled eight round welterweight bout. After flooring Herrera twice, a Kavaliauskas left hook/right hand combination dropped Herrera for a third time and referee Pat Russell stopped the fight at 46 seconds of round two. Kavaliauskas remains undefeated as he goes to 9-0, 8 KOs. Herrera goes to 12-3, 7 KOs.