By Nate Anderson: European Boxing Union (EBU) featherweight champion Oleg Yefimovych (17-1, 11 KO’s) made easy work of former British and EBU super bantamweight champion Esham Pickering (34-9, 13 KO’s), knocking him down three times and stopping him in the 3rd round on Saturday night at the Sportpalace Drusba, in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Yefimovych, 27, knocked the 33-year-old Pickering down two times at the end of the 2nd round. At the start of the 3rd round, Yefimovych nailed Pickering with a big left hand that sent Pickering down by the ropes.