All WBC Grand Prix Quarterfinal Results

On August 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the quarterfinals of the WBC Grand Prix took place, featuring four weight divisions: Featherweight, Super Lightweight, Middleweight, and Heavyweight.

The third phase of the tournament featured the following bouts:

Featherweight (up to 57.2 kg)

– Yoni Valverde (16-0, 3 KOs) UD 6 Yusuf Adisa Adenji (16-1, 10 KOs)

– Muhamet Qamili (16-0-1, 7 KOs) D-SD 6 Troy Nash (5-0-1, 1 KO) *

– Bekizizwe Maitse (8-1-1, 3 KOs) D-MD 6 Iman Lee (14-0-1, 8 KOs) *

– Brandon Mejia (11-0, 9 KOs) UD 6 Ayubkhon Bakhtiyorov (8-1, 5 KOs)

Super Lightweight (up to 63.5 kg)

– Danylo Lozan (15-0, 9 KOs) TD 5 Sanatali Toltayev (4-1, 2 KOs)

– Mujibillo Tursunov (8-0, 2 KOs) UD 6 Misael Cabrera Urias (17-3-1, 11 KOs)

– Carlos Utria (12-0, 10 KOs) UD 6 Spencer Wilcox (12-1, 5 KOs)

– Ntethelelo Nkosi (10-2, 5 KOs) UD 6 Fiorenzo Priolo (11-1, 5 KOs)

Middleweight (up to 72.6 kg)

– Derek Pomerleau (14-0, 11 KOs) TKO 2 Dmitry Rybalko (5-1-1, 2 KOs)

– Carlos Sinisterra (13-1, 10 KOs) KO 3 Ephrem Bariko (12-1, 6 KOs)

– Dylan Biggs (16-1, 9 KOs) UD 6 Petro Frolov (12-2, 4 KOs)

– Lancelot Proton de la Chapelle (17-1-2, 5 KOs) D-UD 6 Emiliano Aguillon Castro (13-0-2, 7 KOs) *

Heavyweight (over 90.7 kg)

– Keaton Gomes (13-3, 11 KOs) TKO 1 Devon Young (9-1, 7 KOs)

– Ahmed Krnjic (6-0, 4 KOs) MD 6 Tsotne Rogava (12-1, 8 KOs)

– Kevin Ramirez (10-0-2, 4 KOs) D-SD 6 Piotr Lach (14-0-1, 10 KOs) *

– Dante Stone (21-1, 13 KOs) UD 6 Youness Baalla (2-2-1, 2 KOs)

* — Victory awarded under the new WBC scoring system, which does not allow for draws.

Overall Quarterfinal Statistics

– 81.3% of bouts ended via judges’ decision

– 50% of fights ended via unanimous decision

– 18.8% ended by knockout

– Average fight length — 5.2 rounds out of 6 scheduled

– 9 fighters suffered the first defeat of their professional careers

Photo: WBC