AUGUST 9
PLANT CITY, USA
GEORGIAN Otar Eranosyan, 14-0 (7), won a super-featherweight title eliminator over experienced Venezuelan Roger Gutierrez, 27-5-1 (21), on an eighth-round retirement. The smaller Eranosyan was knocked off balance by a right in the second round, and was given a count, but went on to dominate the fight.
He fought his way inside, bombarding Gutierrez with hooks and uppercuts, and his relentless pressure gradually wore Gutierrez down. Gutierrez was deducted a point in the eighth for holding and went
