Undercard Results From Matchroom Boxing Card At The MGM National Harbor!

(Photos by Daniel Cork)

Two time Olympian Daniyar Yaleussinov of Berezino, Kazakhstan defeated Luis Normabuena of San Juan, California by six-round unanimous decision.

Yaleussinov established himself early in the opening round. He used his jab to back Normabuena and keep him off balance. Normabuena bounced back to make it turn into a much more competitive than Yaleussinov was expecting. The two exchanged blows through most of the bout, but in the fourth round Yaleussinov land a hard left hand to Normabuena against the ropes. Normabuena recovered well and continued to battle Yaleussinov into the closing round. All three judges scored the contest for Yaleussinov 59-55, and 60-54 twice. 

Yaleussinov remains undefeated at (7-0, 3 KO's) while Normabuena falls to (3-2-1).

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In a scheduled four-round super middleweight bout Baltimore, MD's Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson dominated Rafael Garcia by first-round TKO.

What looked to be a tough match-up on paper for Lorenzo "Truck" Simpson, he proved it was easier that expected. The young undefeated rising star looked very confident as he wasted no time landing his jab. Simpson set up some good combinations off of his jab that hurt Garcia. It was Simpson's uppercut that did the damage and sent Garcia falling backwards. It wasn't just one, but it was five uppercuts in a row that staggered Garcia. Simpson kept coming forward to land more shots, but the referee stepped in to stop the contest at 1:19 of the first-round. 

Lorenzo Simpson improves to (4-0,3 KO's) while Rafael Garcia suffers his third defeat and is now (9-3, 6 KO's). 

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In a six-round lightweight bout Luis Gerardo Perez of Puebla, Mexico defeated Mack Allison IV of Baltimore,MD by unanimous decision.

Allison and Perez went straight to work in this slug fest of a bout. It was nothing but hooks and uppercuts from both fighters. The exchange of punches took place primarily in the center of the ring. Allison looked to land the harder shots, but Perez stood in strong to land plenty of his own shots. Perez was a little too aggressive in the close of the rounds when he landed shots after the bell on three different occasions without a point being taken away.  It was a lot of the action from both fighters making the fight look very even, but Allison was landing more punches. All three judges saw it differently and scored it the same at 59-55 for Perez.

Perez improves his record to (6-2, 1 KO) while Allison falls to (9-3-1, 7 KO's).