NABF heavyweight champion Oscar Rivas beats Belgian on Stevenson-Jack undercard

The fight between former NABF welterweight champion Mikael Zewski of Trois-Rivieres, Que., and Argentina’s Diego Gonzalez Luque was briefly interrupted in the eighth round when a man tried to force his way into the ring. He was restrained by security and other officials and taken away.

A spokesman for the promoter said the man had over-imbibed and, thinking the fight was boring, wanted to liven things up by getting in the ring.

Zewski (31-1-1) eventually won the WBC international title with a 100-89, 99-90, 99-90 decision over Luque (21-6-1).

Rivas fought at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won silver at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro where he lost to Cuban Robert Alfonso.

His battle with Hubeaux (29-3-0) was a competitive bout with both men showing fast hands although neither seemed threatened by the other’s punching power. Rivas was the aggressor throughout with the Belgian looking to counter-attack. As the fight wore on, Rivas punished Hubeaux down with body shots.

NABA Canada welterweight champion Kane Heron (11-0-1) and Mexican Ivan Alvarez (27-9-1) fought to an eight-round majority draw. The judges scored it 76-76, 76-76 and 78-74 for Alvarez.

Montreal-based Christian (Solide) Mbilli earned the vacant WBC Youth middleweight title (for fighters 23 years 11 months and under) against Marcos Jesus (El Indio) Cornejo when the Argentine’s corner correctly called an end to the fight at 1:52 of the third round.

Cornejo (19-3-0) was game but heavily outgunned, with spectators groaning at the thudding sound of Mbili’s punches. The Cameroon-born Mbilli (10-0-0) represented France at the 2016 Olympics, making it to the quarterfinals before he ran into a Cuban.

Montreal’s Patrice Volny (11-0-0) retained his NABA Canada middleweight title with an impressive first-round knockout of former Canadian middleweight champion Janks Trotter of Calgary.

The 28-year-old Volny, who had a substantial height and reach advantage, floored Trotter with a short straight left. The referee stepped in to stop the fight at the end of the first round after Trotter (10-5-2) staggered to his feet and promptly fell over again.

Heavyweight Kristian Prenga (8-1-0) of Niagara Falls, Ont., needed 2 1/2 rounds to dispatch Ricardo (El Tigre) Ramirez (14-5-0) of Argentina. The fight ended to boos at 1:44 of the third when Ramirez, who clearly had enough, took a knee.

The 27-year-old Albanian-born Prenga weighed in at a chiselled 246.6 pounds while the 37-year-old El Tigre was a considerably pudgier 239.6 pounds. Ramirez threw himself at Prenga looking to land wild overhand punches, the tassles on his supersized red-and-white trunks flying behind him.

Ramirez got several dressing-downs from the referee for his survival antics, which included twice losing his mouthpiece.

Super-welterweight Sebastien Bouchard (16-1-0) of Baie St. Paul, Que., stopped Slodan (Tiger) Janjanin (24-3-0) of Bosnia and Herzegovina via TKO at 2:08 of the second round.

Montreal welterweight Mazlum Akdeniz (5-0-0) made short work of Lloyd (Teagana) Reyes (0-2-0) of Toronto, winning by KO at 1:41 of the second round.

In the night’s curtain-raiser, Toronto light-heavyweight Nick Fantauzzi (5-0-0) used body punches to stop Stephen Clement (3-4-1) of Elsipotog, N.B., by KO at 2:54 of the third round.

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Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press

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NABF heavyweight champion Oscar Rivas beats Belgian on Stevenson-Jack undercard

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