Kevin Hayler Brown improved his unbeaten record on September 6, when he faced John Bauza in the main event of Most Valuable Prospects 8. The Cuban super lightweight defeated the Puerto Rican southpaw to retain his WBA Continental Americas title live from Caribe Royale Orlando in Orlando, FL.
On his way to victory by unanimous decision, 30-year-old Brown (6-0, 3 KOs) dropped 26-year-old Bauza (18-2, 8 KOs) with a right hand to the body at the end of the first round. After 10 rounds, the scores were 96-93, 98-91 and 97-92.
In the co-main event, unbeaten Hendri Cedeno (14-0, 11 KOs) of the Dominican Republic defeated Enriko Gogokhia (13-2-2, 8 KOs) of Georgia via fifth round TKO. The latter was unable to continue after suffering a shoulder injury. The super lightweight bout was stopped prior to the start of Round 6.
Among other Brown vs Bauza results, Cuban southpaw Yoelvis Gomez (8-1, 7 KOs) defeated Brazilian southpaw Diego Allan Ferreira Iablonski (11-3, 7 KOs) via TKO. The middleweight bout was stopped after the fourth as the latter wouldn’t come out to start the fifth round.
In the main card opener, Carlos Lebron (3-1-1, 3 KOs) and Luis Quiles Rivera (2-0-1, 1 KOs) of Puerto Rico fought to a majority draw. After four rounds at bantamweight, the scores were 39-37 and 38-38 twice.
On the top of prelims, Antraveous Ingram (8-0, 3 KOs) of Kissimmee, Florida stopped Cruse Stewart (8-4, 6 KOs) of Rock Island, Illinois in the fifth round at super welterweight. Canada’s Bree Howling (8-0, 2 KOs) defeated Hungarian Beata Dudek (4-4, 4 KOs) by unanimous decision at bantamweight with the scores 80-72 x3. Philadelphia’s Natalie Dove (3-0) scored a 40-36 x3 unanimous decision against Wendy Villegas (2-3, 2 KOs) of Mexico at super flyweight.
Harley Mederos (7-0, 6 KOs) of Brooklyn, New York TKO’d Nikolai Buzolin (9-10-1, 5 KOs) in the third round at lightweight. Plus, Christian Rivera (1-0) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin defeated Ohio’s Rommell Toran (1-2-1, 1 KO) by unanimous decision at welterweight.
The next event, Most Valuable Prospects 9 is scheduled for October 11 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. In the main event, local Jan Paul Rivera-Pizarro (10-0, 6 KOs) faces fellow-unbeaten super featherweight Andy Beltran (8-0, 5 KOs) of Las Vegas.