On the night of May 26 in Canada, WBC Continental champion Christian Mbilli (27-0, 23 KOs) faced Mark Heffron (30-4-1, 24 KOs). The fight ended early in the first round.
Mbilli came forward with a prolonged series of punches, landing to the body and knocking out his opponent.
For Heffron, this is his second stoppage loss in his last three fights, with his last decision going to the judges in 2020. Since then, either Mark has knocked out his opponents, or they have won by stoppage. Mbilli has consistently won by stoppage in his last three fights.
Even before the bout with Heffron, there was information that Christian’s next opponent would be Ukrainian Sergiy Derevyanchenko.