Steve Claggett Reemerges on Eye Of The Tiger card

In the evening's co-main event, the fight that actually had the best name appeal, legendary Canadian contender Steve Claggett absolutely annihilated former 130-pound world champ Alberto Machado over three incredibly one-sided rounds. The 140-pound Canadian dropped the former world champ from Puerto Rico in the second and twice more in the third. The win puts the now 33-year-old from Calgary, Alberta, somehow back in the world title picture. The bout was for the vacant NABF strap. the NABF is affiliated with the WBC, the WBC 140-pound world strap is currently held by Regis Prograis. This win could put him on a shortlist for Rougarou.

In the evening's main event, undefeated prospect Erik Bazinyan of Laval, Quebec, got a tougher-than-expected challenge from Jose de Jesus Macias of Mexico. He survived a scare in the seventh and picked up the hard-earned UD victory to move to 30-0 (21) by scores of 97-93, 98-92, and 98-92. The scorecards seemed a bit wide, but ultimately the judges got the winner correct. After a quick start to the fight by the Canadian, Macias got cooking in the second half. He rallied in the second half and was gunning for a stoppage in the seventh round as he unleashed on the Canadian. The boxing clinic by the Canadians turned into warfare in the later rounds. The warfare culminated in the final round as Macias and Bazinyan exchanged toe-to-toe. Each fighter landed clean power shots in the final minutes of the scheduled 10-round affair. Bazinyan drilled Macias with a massive right that staggered the Mexicans, and won the round, and sealed the fight for Bazinyan.

On the undercard portion, fan favorite Thomas Chabot of Quebec moved to 9-0 (7) and get a very, very debatable decision over Luis Bolanos Lopez. In a fight, it appeared he clearly lost.