Patrice Volny Outworks Steven Butler in Stoppage Win

Patrice Volny (19-1, 13 KOs) outworked Steven Butler (34-5-1, 28 KOs) to get a technical knockout win of their middleweight bout on Thursday evening.

The time of stoppage was 2:40 of the ninth spherical. This battle headlined an Eye of the Tiger Management card on the On line casino de Montréal in Quebec, Canada. Punching Grace had been the broadcasters for these in Canada whereas battle followers in the USA might catch the motion on ESPN+.

Patrice Volny outworks Steven Butler in stoppage win

Battle recap

Each fighters went head-to-head within the opening spherical, trying to dominate bodily early on. Within the dying seconds of the primary, Volny landed a mix of punches that went unanswered till the ultimate bell. The early rounds noticed plenty of back-and-forth between the 2 and it was clear that this was going to be a brawl for so long as it lasts.

Within the second half of spherical 4, Volny threw a better quantity of punches with Butler barely responding to the blows, even showing to stun him on the finish. Whereas Butler had his moments, Volny was getting the higher of the exchanges and have become extra dominant because the battle went on.

Volny had his opponent surprised in spherical 9 and let his palms go to the top. Butler held on, doing his finest to keep away from going to the canvas. As Volny was throwing his photographs, the referee stepped in to halt the competition. This was met with a protest from Butler, who did seem as if he might have continued. That being mentioned, the bout had reached a stage the place Butler had little response to what Volny was doing, who had been constantly outworking him because the battle went on.

Undercard outcomes

Osleys Iglesias (11-0, 10 KOs) gained by way of devastating first-round knockout in opposition to Evgeny Shvedenko (16-2-1, 7 KOs). The time of stoppage for this 12-round tremendous middleweight conflict was 2:48. Iglesias landed a proper hook to the top that elicited a really regarding response from Shvedenko, who started spasming on the canvas. Luckily, the Russian fighter finally acquired up and left the ring on his toes.

Movladdin Biyarslanov (15-0, 13 KOs) acquired the knockout win in opposition to Elias Haedo (14-6, 10 KOs, 1 NC). The time of stoppage for this 10-round tremendous light-weight contest was 2:59 of spherical 4. Haedo was hit with a left to the physique and couldn’t rise up from it.

A bout between Shamil Khataev (12-0-1, 3 KOs) and Ramadan Hiseni (18-1-2, 6 KOs) resulted in a majority draw. Whereas one choose noticed it 96-94 for Khataev, the opposite two had the 10-round middleweight conflict 95-95. Hiseni appeared to have finished the higher work over 10 rounds and a few observers, together with the commentators, felt he had finished simply sufficient.

Jhon Orobio (10-0, 9 KOs) gained by way of second-round knockout in opposition to José de León Jasso (13-5-1, 6 KOs). The time of stoppage for this eight-round tremendous light-weight conflict was 0:53. Jasso went to the canvas as soon as within the first spherical and once more within the second. After the second knockdown, he did not beat the referee’s depend.

Luis Santana (12-0, 6 KOs) opened the cardboard with a second-round stoppage win in opposition to Guillermo Crocco (20-4-1, 6 KOs). The time of stoppage for this eight-round light-weight contest was 2:03. Santana despatched his opponent to the canvas thrice within the second earlier than the battle got here to an finish.