WBA Light Heavyweight Champion Dmitry Bivol vs Joe ”The Common Man” Smith Jr. from  Verona, New York.

The Russian, Bivol coming in the ring wearing beautiful  black trunks complimented with silver and white. Joe Smith comes into the ring wearing beautiful white trunks with stripped red & blue along the belt line and 8 blue stars on one side of the trunks and 8 red stars on the opposite side.

The two fighters size each other up as Boxing Hall of Famer Ring Announcer – Michael Buffer introduces the Fighters to a very lively crowd.

Both fighters are in the peak and ready for this huge title showdown. They both get one more set of last minute instructions as Buffer says, “Let’s get ready to Rumble” to the amped fans as they have had a terrific action packed series of fights this evening at the Turning Stone.

Here We Go – Main Event Time!

Round 1. Joe coming out very aggressive in the first round looking  tense. Good feel out round for both as Bivol landed some good shots towards the end of the round. Bivol looks to be the more  seasoned boxer in the ring right now.

Round 2. Bivol taking advantage of Joe Smith’s simple 1-2 punch repertoire. I don’t want to call Joe a one-trick-pony but that’s what it looks like right now.

Round 3. Smith very busy but Bivol throwing and landing the better combinations.

Round 4. Better round for Smith as he appears to be taking 1 or 2 shots to land his. Smith’s strategy appears to have Bivol a bit uncomfortable.

Round 5. Strong round for both fighters as both starting to really unload. Bivol starting to time Smith a bit now.

Round 6. Bivol has a good round as Smith moved a lot taking the round of and staying clear out of Bivol’s punches.

Round 7. Bivol letting the leather fly landing some heavy shots. Bivol’s defense has him dominating the fight right now.

Round 8. Another good round for Bivol. Smith still has 4 more rounds to figure out this complicated puzzle.

Round 9.  Bivol really taking over now setting the tone for the fight. Joe Smith’s refusing to cave in as the crowd cheer his name and give him that little extra.

Round 10. Bivol dominates the round as Smith continues to be the aggressor. Smith lands a huge right hook at the Bell that stuns Bivol BAD. Bivol is Knocked Out on his feet, but luckily for Bivol – the Bell saves him.

Round 11. Joe dominates the round landing big shots throughout the round and wins it. Smith suffered a cut at the end of his outside left eye. Smith really coming on.

Round 12. Smith taking shots to try to land a big counter knowing he needs the KO as he is to far behind on the score cards. Bivol’s defense not giving any openings. Bivols lands some big shots towards the end of the round. Smith in big trouble as the referee moves in to stop it but the bell saves Smith.

Bivol won a clear unanimous decision to retain his WBA World Light Heavyweight Title.

Joe Smith Jr. is headed to the Hospital as a precautionary to be checked out.

Lots of respect to these to fighters as they gave everything they had to the fans. Boxing is amazing!!

WBO Super Lightweight Champion Maurice “Mighty Mo” Hooker vs Mikkel “Slikk Mikk” LesPierre:

Round 1. Good feel out round for both fighters. Mo landed more. 1-0 Hooker

Round 2. Hooker Boxing well and landing from the outside. LesPierre did some good body work. LesPierre in for a tall order against Hooker as Hooker probably weighs over 160 pounds tonight. 2-0 Hooker

Round 3. LesPierre looking slow now and hooker starting to break LesPierre down. Hooker landing some vicious punches in the second half of the round. 3-0 Hooker

Round 4. LesPierre holding his own as he is very determined. LesPierre still taking to much punishment. 4-0 Hooker.

Round 5. Excellent Round of action. LesPierre doing some excellent work in there but can’t overcome the reach and size advantage. 5-0 Hooker

Round 6. LesPierre has his best round of the fight, but Hookers thudding punches won him the round to continue the Sweep. 6-0 Hooker

Round 7. Hooker Boxing well dancing around the ring in other circles. LesPierre being the aggressor but Hooker much busier. 7-0 Hooker

Round 8. LesPierre does some excellent work avoiding Hookers shots and landing to the Body. 7-1 Hooker.

Round 9. Terrific round of action as LesPierre starts strong but Hooker lands a massive left to the body to drop LesPierre. Warrior LesPierre surprisingly gets up. LesPierre against the ropes taking some heavy shots, but he comes back with a flurry to back Hooker up at the end. 8-1 Hooker.

Round 10. & 11. Fairly even rounds with the action slowing a bit.

Round 12. Mighty Mo dominates the last round punishing LesPierre for lasting all 12 rounds.

Maurice Hooker wins the easy Unanimous Decision.

Much Respect to Mikkel LesPierre for fighting an uphill battle. 

Undercard Results from the Turning Stone:

Callum “The One” Johnson (18-2) TKO’s Sean Monaghan in the beginning of the 3rd round. A blooded Monaghan came out in the second round and suffered two vicious Knockdowns. Referee Charlie Fitch had multiple opportunities to stop the fight in the second round and showed poor judgement to let the fight continue. I was surprised that Monaghan’s Trainer Joe Higgins didn’t throw in the towel to protect his fighter.

Heavyweight Sergiy “Russian Bear” Kuzmin gets some good work in as he squeaks bye Philadelphia’s Joey (The Tank) Dawejko getting the majority decision (95-95, 96-94 & 96-94). Tank fought his heart out and took the fight on only two weeks notice. Tank dropped over 20 pounds to come in at a ready 250 pounds.

Junior Middleweight Israil “The Dream” Madrimov (Khiva Uzbekistan) improves to 2-0 after a vicious knockout of Frank Rojas (24-5).

Otha Jones lll (debut) & Giorgi Gelashvili (5-1) put on a heck of a six round fight. All six rounds were action packed with a lot of back and forth action. Both fighters giving as much as there getting to the fans delight. Gelashvili (Goga) The tough Brooklyn native had a great second round and dominated the 3rd. Round, but in the end The young brash Jones was lightning fast and pulled out a unanimous decision. Welcome to the Pro’s OJlll.

Brooklyn’s Nikita Ababiy TKO’s Ohio’s Cory Dulaney in the 1st Round. Ababiy (White Chocolate) landed some great body shots throughout the round and finished Dulaney of with a devastating left again at the end of the round. White Chocolate improves to 3-0.

Photos by Ed Mulholland / Matchroom Boxing