PROBOX Returns: Otar Eranosyan Shines in Main-event
If you're a fan of quick KO's, the undercard portion of the PROBOX TV card was for you. The evening's three undercard bouts totaled less than 8 minutes. De Von Williams took less than a minute to dispose of an outmatched William Davis. Darrelle Valsaint got rid of last-minute replacement Marcelo Bzowski in a round and a half. In the shocker of the night, the evening co-main, upset-minded Demarcus Layton could not survive the first round with Marques Valle, who moved to 9-0 (7).
The evening's main event was a highly entertaining and somewhat competitive scrap as Otar Eranosyan 13-0 (6) put on a show outboxing, out moving and celebrating, and taunting his way to a lopsided unanimous points decision victory by scores of 98-92 and 97-93x2. Eranosyan, a native of Akhalkalaki, Georgia, who now fights out of Miami Beach, Florida, passed the biggest challenge of his young and developing career in Edy Valencia. Valencia, a native of Culiacan, Mexico, came out strong ripping his undefeated opponent to the body and trying to slow him down. However, the quicker and slicker Georgian would not back down and worked behind a stiff jab and slick movement. He started putting rounds in the bank and seemed to take control of the fight. Taunting and showboating, he tried getting under the skin of his rugged opponent. Valencia, however, was unphased and had his best round in the sixth as Valencia, a southpaw, rocked his opponent with a right hook to the body and head that staggered his opponent. Eranosyan appeared to wake up after that shot and slowed down the pace of the fight. He began making Valencia fight on his terms and controlled the bout with his jab. The undefeated prospect controlled the majority of the final four rounds. Despite Valencia putting together some solid moments and landing some clean shots, Eranosyan dominated the final few stanzas and rolled to the hard-earned but clear-cut decision victory.