Egidijus Kavaliauskas TKO’s Mikael Zewski in 8 Rounds & Full Fight Card Results From Las Vegas
Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas (22-1-1, 18 KO’s) W TKO 8 Mikael Zewski (34-2, 23 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Zewski was down at the end of round seven. Kavaliauskas again floored Zewski seven seconds into round eight to end it. Zewski was ahead 67-65 on two of the three scorecards at the time of the stoppage with the bout made at welterweight.
“I was controlling the fight. I was never in danger. I was never hurt,” Kavaliauskas said. “I wanted to knock him out faster, but it happened this way. You can never count on the knockout. I was working. I was putting pressure on him. I saw him slowing down round by round. I saw him getting weaker and weaker. I was just blocking his punches and not feeling his power.
“I don’t think {Terence} Crawford has any other choices at welterweight. I can ask his team, with all due respect, to give me a rematch because these guys have no opponents yet.”
Joet Gonzalez (24-1, 14 KO’s) W PTS 10 Miguel Marriaga (29-4, 25 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Scores were 97-93, 99-91, 99-91 with the bout made at featherweight.
“It was what I expected,” Joet said. “He was a tough guy. He’s been in there with three world champions. He tried to make a last run for it, so I expected the best Marriaga because he knows his time was cut short. I expected the best Marriaga, and he put up a good fight.
“This puts me back in the position I want to be. I wanted to be back in with tough guys. I told my manager, Frank Espinoza, and my team at Golden Boy that I didn’t want no tune-up fights. I wanted to show people that I could compete with the top guys and be in with heavy hitters and boxers and compete for another title real soon.
“I want another world title shot. I think I’ve earned it.”
Aleem Jumakhonov (9-3-2, 5 KO’s) W TKO 3 Jorge Ramos (7-3-1, 4 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Ramos down in round three and stayed down for the full ten. Time of the stoppage was 2:08 with the bout made at featherweight.
Manuel Flores (9-0, 6 KO’s) W TKO 5 Jonathan Rodriguez (8-1, 3 KO’s)
Rodriguez in round three. The bout was waved off by referee Robert Hoyle in round five with Rodriguez not fit to continue. Time of the stoppage was Time 1:11 with the bout made at bantamweight. Both fighters were unbeaten going into this fight.
Anthony Chavez (9-1, 3 KO’s) W PTS 6 Adan Gonzales (5-4-2, 3 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Gonzalez down in round three. Scores were 58-55, 58-55, 58-55 with the bout made at super featherweight.
Eric Puente (4-0, 4 KO’s) W PTS 4 Luis Norambuena (4-6-1, 0 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Scores were 39-37, 40-36, 40-36 with the bout made at lightweight.
Venue: “The Bubble” at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas.
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