Suray Mahmutovic of Daly City, CA defeated Mario Flores of Woodbridge, VA by second-round TKO in the main-event of the CyNation Sports card at Rosecroft Raceway.
Here's the stoppage!
Flores tried hard to land a crushing shot on Mahmutovic in the first-round, but Muhmutovic's footwork was good enough to keep him out of trouble. Flores continued to press forward, but was met with counter shots throughout the round. In the second-round Muhmutovic started to add a lot more power to his shots. Flores was hit with a hard shot from Mahmutovic and sent to the canvas for the eight count. Flores made it to his feet but Mahmutovic didn't waste time to jump on Flores and finish him off against the ropes. Referee Brent Bovell waived the contest off at 2:30 of the second-round. Mahmutavic improves to (4-0-1, 4 KO's) while Flores falls to (8-4-2, 4 KO's).
Dante Cox of Glenn Burnie, MD get a TKO victory over Donovan Estrella.
In this scheduled six-round co-feature Cox went straight to work by using his jab and slipping inside the guard of Estrella to land some good body shots. Estrella was always on defense trying to fight his way out the pressing Cox. As the first-round continued Estrella tried to be aggressive but land multiple low blows causing referee to give him a stern warning. Things changed dramatically in the second-round. It appeared during an exchange of punches Estrella fractured his left collarbone. Estrella clearly showed he was in pain and couldn't continue the contest. Referee Eric Irizarry stopped the bout at 1:10 of round two. Cox improves to (7-3, 4 KO's) while Estella unfortunately suffers his first defeat and falls to (13-1, 4 KO's).
Vitalii Gubkin of Alexandria, VA by way of Suzun, Russia stopped Oxon Hill, MD's Ian Cokley by six-round TKO.
Cokley came out gunning for the big shots on Gubkin as soon as the bell sounded. Gubkin showed some good defense to avoid getting hit with those hard shots from Cokley. For the next few rounds of this scheduled six-round contest Gubkin did a good job of setting up his punches as Cokley started to settle down and used his jab. In round five both fighters turned it into a toe to toe battle with Gubkin getting the best of Cokley. In the final round Gubkin started to pick his shots by landed some hard right hands and hooks to the head and body of Cokley sending him to the canvas causing referee Eric Iriziarry to wave the contest off at 2:15. Gubkin improves to (4-3-1, 3 KO's) while Cokley falls to (5-1, 2 KO's).
The first professional bout on the CyNation Sports card was Christopher Glenn of Hagerstown, MD defeating Tyquan Johnson of Silver Spring, MD by four-round unanimous decision.
Glenn and Johnson started the first-round exchanging some good counter punches. The taller Johnson worked from the outside while the shorter Glenn slipped inside to land his punches in the second-round. Glenn picked up the pace in the third-round by landing some hard shots to the head and body of Johnson. Johnson opened up the forth and final round by using his jab to set up some hooks to the head and body of Glenn. Glenn slowed down his punch output as the fight came to a close. Glenn showed the judges enough to win on all three scorecards, 39-37 and 40-36 twice. Glenn remains undfeated at (3-0) while Johnson starts his pro debut at (0-1).
Jeffrey Yu and Chamar Flowers Exhibition Bout
To open the CyNation Sports card at Rosecroft Raceway, Jeffrey Yuof Arlington, VA and Chamar Flowers of Washington, DC put on an entertaining 3-round featherweight exhibition bout for the fans. Jeffrey Yu was originally scheduled to fight Shaun Archeapong in a 126 lbs. featherweight bout, but Archeapong had a weight issue by weighing in at only 119.4 pounds.
