The Salle Médecin of the Casino was the venue on Saturday night for the latest in the Monte-Carlo Boxing Bonanza series.
In the WBA secondary Bantamweight bout between Jamie McDonnell and Liborio Solis, McDonnell retained his belt on a “no decision” ruling when the fight had to be stopped early, in the third round, after he was unable to continue due to a badly cut eye.
WBA unbeaten Light-Heavyweight Champion Dimtry Bivol (12-0) kept his belt when he knocked out his challenger, WBA Number 11 Trent Broadhurst (20-2), in the first round.
Meanwhile, in a WBA Featherweight eliminator, the former WBA Junior-Featherweight champion Scott Quigg, 34-1-2, won on a sixth-round technical knockout against Oleg Yefimovych, 29-3-1. The fight was stopped by the referee in the sixth round.
Matchroom Boxing’s next and first US event is on November 11 at the Nassau Coliseum in New York, when Daniel Jacobs meets Luis Arias in a 12×3 Middleweight contest.