By Michael Burnell
Posted: October 30, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015, Premier Boxing Champions invades The Venue at UCF in Orlando, Florida as Tony “The Tiger” Thompson takes on Malik “King” Scott in a battle of American Heavyweight contenders.
The Heavyweight clash will serve as the main event of another PBC on Bounce telecast.
RBRBoxing‘s staff writer, Mike Burnell is ringside for tonight’s action and will provide up-to-the-minute results.
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Tony Thompson vs. Malik Scott
Haskell Rhodes vs. Sergey Lipinets
Gervonta Davis vs. Cristobal Cruz
Javontae Starks vs. Samuel Figueroa
Miguel Cruz vs. Anthony Abbruzzese
In a Welterweight bout scheduled for six rounds Miguel Cruz (11-0, 10 KOs) flattened Anthony Abbruzzese (4-4, 3 KOs) with a left hook in the opening stanza.
Abbruzzese rose on rubbery legs prompting the referee to call a halt to the fight.
James McGirt vs. Demetrius Walker
Super Middleweights James McGirt Jr. (24-3-1, 13 KOs) and Demetrius Walker (15-6-1, 14 KOs) were first to enter the ring for scheduled six round action.
McGirt dominated from the opening bell and scored a unanimous decision by scores of 59-53, 59-53, 60-52.
Antonio Russell vs. Eduardo Melendez
Gary Russell (5-0, 4 KOs) squared off with Eduardo Melendez (5-18, 1 KO) in early Bantamweight action scheduled for four rounds.
Russell dropped Melendez with a low blow then knocked him down twice in Round 2.
Melendez also went down from a low blow in the third before being dropped with a chopping right prompting a stoppage by the referee at 1:41 of the round.
Mercio Figueroa vs. Kevin Miller
Cruiserweight Mercio Figueroa (2-0, 2 KOs) stepped in front of his hometown fans to stop Kevin Miller (0-2) in two rounds.
Michael Burnell
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