Bazinyan and Claggett Role to Victory in Montreal

Erik Bazinyan of Montreal, Canada, had a stay-busy date with an outmatched Bobbi Godoy of Argentina on Thursday night. The Canadians took care of business with ease. Bazinyan used simple jab-cross combinations to break down and dominate the Argentine. The end came abruptly in the third round. With Godoy heavily on the retreat a chopping right hand came in from the heavy-handed Armenian-born Canadian Godoy and dropped to the canvas with just under a minute remaining in the third. Godoy was unable to beat the count administered by referee Junior Padulo. Their scheduled 10-rounder affair was stopped at 2:23 of round number three. The 28-year-old Bazinyan retains his NABF super middleweight title and improved his record to 32-0 (23) as he awaits bigger and better things.

On the undercard portion of the event, fan favorite Steve Claggett picked up his 9th straight win and moved his record to 38-7-2 (26) by demolishing Marco Gonzalez Barrosso of Mexico. Claggett applied his typical pressure and overwhelmed, who has a history of quitting. Claggett ended the second round with his best punch of the brief fight, a right uppercut connected to the end round. It ended up being the last punch of the fight as his opponent quit on the stool.

Venezuelan light heavyweight prospect Albert Ramirez struggled in the second half of his fight with Artur Ziiatdinov. Dont tell that to the judges however. All three judges decided to hand in ridiculously wide scorecards of 100-90, 99-91, and 98-92 to give Ramirez the UD victory and move his record to 18-0 (15).