Lukasz Rozanski ruthlessly took the vacant WBC bridgerweight title at G2A Arena in Rzeszow, Poland, as he stopped Alen Babic inside a round.
The bridgerweight division had only come to reality just over a year ago, and with inaugural WBC champion, Oscar Rivas forced to pull out of a scheduled defence against Rozanski, Babic stepped in to contest the vacant title.
The pair went to war from the off as expected, and a big right hand from Rozanski (15-0, KO14) dropped the Croat just after halfway through the first round.
The Pole went for the finish after ’The Savage’ beat the count, and a tottering Babic was in big trouble.
After Rozanski unleashed a frantic attack, the referee intervened to hand the 37-year-old the title.
Bakole blasts out Shevadzutskyi
The undercard featured Martin Bakole, and the Scotland-based heavyweight kept on track for a world title shot with a third round stoppage of Ihor Shevadzutskyi (10-1, 8 KOs).
Bakole (19-1, 14 KOs) trapped the previously unbeaten Ukrainian on the ropes, and unloaded with spiteful shots that forced the referee’s hand in ending the contest.
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Cieslak becomes European champion
Michal Cieslak claimed the vacant European cruiserweight title, as he knocked out Dylan Bregeon in the fourth round of their meeting.
Cieslak (24-2, 18 KOs) swarmed over Bregeon (12-3-1, 3 KOs) with several clubbing right hands, and although the Frenchman beat the count, another sustained attack forced the 29-year-old to the canvas once more, where he was unable to get up in time to continue.
Michal Cieslak knocks out Dylan Bregeon to become European cruiserweight champion 🥊🎖️ pic.twitter.com/NKtP88EFdv
— Sky Sports Boxing (@SkySportsBoxing) April 22, 2023
Remaining Undercard
Jeamie TKV (5-0, 3 KOs) knocked out Michal Boloz (5-5-2, 5 KOs) in the second round of their heavyweight contest, and Steed Woodall (18-1-1, 11 KOs) was given a good test by Boris Crighton (11-3, 7 KOs), eventually coming through 77-75 on all three cards after eight rounds at light heavyweight.
Laurą Grzyb (9-0, 3 KOs) became the new European super bantamweight champion, as she took a split decision win against Maria Cecchi (8-2, 2 KOs).
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Heavyweight prospect, Prior Lacz (6-0, 6 KOs) stayed perfect as a pro, knocking out Milos Budincic (2-5-1) inside a round, and middleweight Tomasz Zarzeczny (3-0, 1 KO) scored a four round points win against Andrija Kuzman (0-1).
Debutant Adrianna Jedrzejczyk (1-0, 1 KO) enjoyed a third round stoppage win at welterweight against Monika Lis (0-1), also making her bow, and another debutant was Daniel Plonka (1-0, 1 KOs), with the cruiserweight hope halting Marko Petricevic (0-7) inside a round.
