Light heavyweight Joe Smith Jr. (26-3, 21 KOs) stopped former world champion Eleider “Storm” Alvarez (25-2, 13 KOs) in nine round in WBO title eliminator Saturday night at “The Bubble” at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. A right-left combination sent Alvarez (25-2, 13 KOs) through the ropes, and he could not beat the count.
Former middleweight world champion Rob “Bravo” Brant (26-2, 18 KOs) KO5 Vitaly Kopylenko (28-3, 16 KOs)
Other Bouts
Unbeaten junior welterweights, Julian “Hammer Hands” Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs) KO1 Anthony Laureano (13-1, 4 KOs) Middleweight spoiler Clay Collard (9-2-3, 3 KOs) scored a second round TKO over club fighter Maurice Williams (7-2, 3 KOs) Featherweight Duke Ragan won his professional debut with a first round TKO over Luis Alvarado (1-2, 1 KO) Unbeaten bantamweights, Robert “Biggie” Rodriguez (9-0-1, 5 KOs) scored a first round KO over Abel Soriano (10-1, 7 KOs) Junior welterweights, Israel Mercado (8-0, 7 KOs) won a six round unanimous Adrian Valdovinos (5-1-1, 4 KOs