Stephen James Claggett vs. Alberto Josué Machado Becerril/Erik Bazinyan vs. José de Jesús Macías RBR

Top of the hour.

Doors open at the Casino de Montréal at 6pm EST. Coverage on ESPN+ from 7:30pm EST.

Both the Calgary born Steve "The Dragon" Claggett and the Armenian-Québécois transplant Erik "B-Zo" Bazinyan rep Team Canada in NABF title bouts at super lightweight and super middleweight, versus a dangerous Puerto Rican southpaw and crafty Mexican veteran respectively.

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Alexandre Bigras Gaumont vs. Piotr Jozef Biś, 6 rounds @ middleweight

 

No way in hell there's only an inch between them. Biś listed at 5'9" and Gaumont at 5'10" ...either one is wrong or the other.

 

10-8 ABG

 

Biś rocked badly, then warned by the ref for essentially headbutting Gaumont in the weiner diving in for a clinch, then suffering a second heavy knockdown. Biś hanging in there, winging haymakers, exhausted, getting countered and hurt with uppercuts - and down again with 11 seconds left. Almost survived the round - but nope.

KO2!

 

I don't like height differentials like that in such obvious squash mismatches, just on principle. Like yes, at elite level (or in any situation where there's parity in the matchmaking) height is a factor that can be canceled out by others, such as stylistic advantage, intangibles or work rate - but when you have a young unbeaten prospect with home court and the backing of a promotional or managerial outfit the older imported opponent with the sodden record clearly lacks - why pour salt on the wound by having such an on-the-nose visual emblem of the unfairness of it all?

 

Chris Guerrero looks like assistant manager of a vape shop.

 

Thomas Chabot vs. Luis Eduardo Bolanos López, 6 rounds @ super featherweight