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By Aaron Klein: Undefeated light welterweight prospect Lee Purdy (7-0, 3 KOs) made short work of Jamie Spence (4-2, 2 KOs), on Friday night, winning by a 1st round TKO of a six round scheduled bout at the York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London. Purdy, a fighter with very heavy hands, was coming into this fight having knocked out his last opponent Craig Dyer in 107 seconds of the 1st round, showing Purdy’s enormous power. Spence, unfortunately for him, didn’t last much longer as Purdy immediately tore into him as soon as the fight started.

With both fighters trading tremendous shots, Purdy suddenly landed a big right hand that dropped Spence who fell awkwardly face first on the canvas. He got up and received a standing eight count but it seemed almost certain that he wouldn’t be able to make it out of the round in one piece. As soon as the fight resumed, Purdy was all over Spence, landing an unanswered storm of punches ending with a big right hand that staggered Spence causing the referee Marcus McDonnell to step in and halt the fight with Spence still on his feet, looking badly hurt and unable to walk without staggering.

By Manuel Perez: In perhaps the most exciting fight of the night, lightweight prospect David Rodela (9-1-2, 5 KOs) stopped previously unbeaten prospect Ramon Ayala (8-1, 3 KOs) in the 4th round of a scheduled 6-round bout at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in Cabazon, California on Friday night. In the 4th round, Ayala, 19, had just landed a flurry of uppercuts to the head of Rodela, and appeared to be in control of the round, when Rodela suddenly fired a back a a three-punch combination ending with a powerful right hand that dropped Ayala to the canvas, flat on his back.

By Chet Mills: Unbeaten welterweight prospect Mike Jones (13-0, 12 KOs) had to struggle to defeat veteran Germain Sanders (27-6, 17 KOs) by a 8-round unanimous decision on Friday night ESPN fights at the Seneca Allegheny Casino & Hotel, in Salamanca, New York. The final judges’ scores were 78-74, 78-74 and 78-74. I personally had the fight scored a draw. Jones, a knockout puncher and considered one of the top prospects in the welterweight division, seemed out of his element when Sanders didn’t fold in the early rounds of the fight.

By Chet Mills: Former IBF light middleweight champion Kassim Ouma (25-5-1, 15 KOs) was defeated by former star from The Contender reality television series Cornelius Bundrage (28-3, 16 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Seneca Allegheny Casino & Hotel, in Salamanca, New York. It was spectacular but Brundige, 34, did just enough to squeak by with victory, in large part due to his good early start in the fight. Bundrage, an over-muscled with a huge upper body and little tree twig legs, started out well in the first round as he landed hard right hands. Not a particularly powerful puncher, despite all his muscles, Bundrage still has good power in his right hand. His lack of hand speed and mobility, not to mention his lack of a left hand, are probably his biggest problems.

Ouma, however, couldn’t take advantage of Bundrage’s limitations because he wasn’t letting his hands go enough to push him in the fight. As such, Bundrage easily won the first round with his right hand. Bundrage held his left hand way out in front of his as an exaggerated guard, but in reality he used it to keep Ouma at a distance by pushing him with his left every time he tried to get in punching range. This allowed Bundrage to control the distance while at the same time serving as a measuring stick with which to aim his slow right hand shots.

By Eric Thomas: In what some people felt would be an easy victory for previously unbeaten featherweight prospect Juanito Garcia (14-1, 5 KOs) ended up being an easy knockout victory for his opponent 29 year-old Cornelius Lock (17-3-1, 10 KOs), who stopped him in the 4th round on Saturday night at the Expo Center, in the City of Industry, California.

By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated British light middleweight Danny Reynolds (12-0, 7 KOs) easily destroyed his overmatched opponent Jason Rushton (17-5, 3 KOs) in a 1st round TKO on Saturday night at the Metrodome, Barnsley, in Yorkshire to win the BBBofC Central Area light middleweight title. Reynolds, 29, blitzed Rushton early and often, knocking him down three times in the round before the fight was ultimately stopped by the referee immediately after the 3rd knockdown.

By Eric Thomas: Undefeated lightweight prospect John Molina (11-0, 8 KOs) defeated Carlos Madrid (8-5-2, 2 KOs) on Friday night by six-round unanimous decision at the Expo Center, in the City of Industry, California. Molina, 25, showed some decent skills in the process of pounding out a relatively easy decision, but he also showed some major flaws that he needs to work on before considering stepping up against better opponents than the 30 year-old Madrid. The final judges’ scores were 58-56, 58-56 and 59-55, all for Molina.

By Dan Ambrose: Once promising super middleweight Mads Larsen (50-2, 37 KOs) won a dull eight-round unanimous decision over journeyman fighter Ross Thompson (26-12-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Larsen, 35, thought to be the next opponent for IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, did little other than jab for most of the fight, and won an uninspiring decision. There was little suspense of the fight, other than the 8th round when Thompson tagged Larsen with a powerful left and right hand shot, backing him up and causing him to cover up on the ropes. Thompson, who had lost eight of his last eleven fights going into Saturday’s bout, didn’t have the size or the firepower to finish Larsen off in the round. The final judges’ scores were 79-73, 80-73 and 80-72, all for Larsen.

Larsen, a southpaw from Denmark, who was making only his fifth fight since his comeback in boxing in 2007 after a four year retirement, did little other than jab in the 1st round of the fight. Occasionally, he’d throw a left hand but only when he was certain that Thompson wouldn’t return anything that could give him trouble.

By Aaron Klein: British super flyweight champion Chris Edwards (11-13-3, 3 KOs) lost his BBBofC British super flyweight title on Friday night against the young 22 year-old challenger Andy Bell (11-3, 3 KOs), who defeated Edwards by a 12-round unanimous decision at the Metrodome, Barnsley, in Yorkshire, England. Edwards, 31, put on an exciting display of non-stop aggression, reminding one of an older Mickey Ward, though without his devastating hooks. Unfortunately for Edwards, he gave virtually all of the first six rounds of the fight to the crisper-punching challenger Bell, and found himself playing catch-up in the remaining second half of the fight.