QUEBEC CITY — Osleys Iglesias stamped himself as a legit contender at 168 kilos with a dominant stoppage of a former title challenger.
Iglesias wasted little time eliminating Sena Agbeko, dropping him as soon as earlier than pummeling him alongside the ropes to pressure a referee’s stoppage at Centre Videotron in Quebec Metropolis, Quebec, Canada. The official time of stoppage was 1:16 of the second spherical.
Iglesias, a 26-year-old southpaw who’s initially from Cuba however now lives in Berlin, Germany, grew to become the primary boxer to ever drop Agbeko (28-4, 22 knockouts), and was the quickest to cease the 32-year-old Ghanaian, besting David Morrell’s time by 27 seconds of their WBA tremendous middleweight title battle final December.
Iglesias (12-0, 11 KOs) mentioned it was victory, not attempting to outpace his fellow Cuban, that was on his thoughts.
“I by no means even thought of it. I simply work onerous in sparring on the fitness center. I do know lots of people maintain evaluating us nevertheless it’s not one thing I had in my head. However with out even realizing it, I acquired it,” mentioned Iglesias, who’s rated no. 3 by The Ring at 168 kilos.
Iglesias got here out of the nook with the intention of testing Agbeko early on, bombing away with each palms as Agbeko struggled to cowl up and keep away from the heavy punches coming his method. Agbeko appeared to take the punches nicely sufficient till late within the first spherical, when he walked right into a proper hook that put him on the seat of his pants.
Iglesias, whose three fights below Eye of the Tiger Administration have lasted a mixed 4 rounds, had no intention of letting Agbeko off the hook. He continued to stalk Agbeko, chopping off the ring and mixing in proper uppercuts between the gloves, which opened up Agbeko for proper hooks, which compromised Agbeko’s legs.
With Agbeko unable to defend himself from the fixed onslaught, referee Steve St. Germain had no alternative aside from to cease the battle.
Promoter Camille Estephan says the plan is to maintain Iglesias busy, with one other battle being eyed for November 7 on the Montreal On line casino.
“It’s been tough because the starting. Individuals know him, it’s very tough to get opponents. You’ve acquired to get the {dollars} out as a result of it’s not a picnic,” mentioned Estephan.
“We wish to quick monitor him and put him ready to be a compulsory as a result of he won’t ever be invited.”
Extra individuals are prone to know Iglesias after this efficiency, because the battle was streamed reside in america on ESPN+ as a part of the Christian Mbilli vs. Sergiy Derevyanchenko undercard.
“I’m joyful to indicate that there’s one other Cuban over right here that may battle however is just not solely a technician, can be aggressive and might knock out individuals,” mentioned Iglesias.
