Showtime boxing aired live from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last night, featuring a face off for the WBA lightweight world championship, Richard “Chaco” Abril of Miami, FL against Sharif “The Lion” Borgere from Las Vegas, NV.
 

This main event sparked the interest of fans in attendance with bonus knock-downs (non-official) as the fighters engaged in several take downs, hitting the canvas multiple times. Abril connected a fury of punches throughout the fight, scoring 1-2 punch combinations and landing single right-hand power punches to the face of Bogere.

Da Lion – Borgere countered back with power punches, however, at the conclusion of the 12th round in a unanimous decision one judge scored 115 to 111 and the two other judges scored each 116 to 110 to the still champion “Chaco” Richard Abril now 18-3-1 (8 KOs).
 

In the co-main event a 10 round featherweight bout of undefeated Gary Rusell vs. Russia’s Vyacheslav Gusev excited the crowd with a right hook knock down in the 3rd round by Russell.

The bout concluded after 10 rounds in which all 3 judges scored the match 100 to 89 all in favor of Russell remaining undefeated to 22 – 0 professional record.

Off TV Bouts

Lightweight Jeffrey Fontanez (10-0) defeated Daniel Attah in a six round unanimous decision.

Middleweight Jorge Melendez (25-2-1,24 KOs) defeated Ryan Davis (24-9-3,9 KOs) by KO in round 4.