Kingsley Ibeh KO1 Jack May...  Nigerian heavyweight Kingsley "The Black Lion” Ibeh (14-2-1, 12 KOs) needed just 59 seconds to knock out Jack “The Outlaw” May (10-1, 9 KOs) on a Toro Promotions show at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington. There was no “feeling out” period as the 6’4”, 273-pound Ibeh  and the 6’8”, 257-pound May traded bombs from the opening bell. Suddenly, Ibeh landed a powerful left cross on May, who was up against the ropes, and “The Outlaw” went down hard, and did not get up before the ten count. Ibeh, fighting out of Phoenix, weighed 7 pounds less than he did for his last fight, 16 fewer than he weighed four fights ago, and the former professional Canadian Football League player won his ninth fight in a row. “The Black Lion” is the cousin of the retired former heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi.

 

ADDITIONAL RESULTS

 

The crowd of 2,000 sold out the venue one week in advance. In the co-feature, hometown favorite Marquice Weston (16-4-1, 9 KOs) registered a first-round stoppage of heavyweight John Shipman (5-8, 2 KOs) by way of a body shot. It was Weston’s first victory in six years.

 

Haitian-born lightweight Nesley Trezile (1-1) notched his first pro win in a mild upset with a four-round majority decision over local fighter Agustin Tovar (2-1, 0 KOs). Trezile fights out of Los Angeles.

 

There was almost an upset as Antonio Louis “Tswervo” Hernandez (7-19-4, 4 KOs) gave Juan “Just Business” Barajas (11-0-2, 7 KOs) everything he could handle in their six-round match. Hernandez landed clean shots on Barajas, who was coming off a four-year layoff. Barajas closed the fight strongly, but it wasn’t enough as the judges scored the fight a majority draw.

 

Illinois junior welterweight Quinn McKenna (1-0-1, 0 KOs) won his first fight as a pro, taking a four-round unanimous decision from Clayton Hibbert (2-3, 2 KOs). Both fighters were hurt in round three as they opened up offensively, leaving both seemingly out on their feet. McKenna, however, was the fresher fighter in the fourth and final round. He had Hibbert on the run to earn his initial victory.

 

Russian lightweight Samvel Gandilyan (5-0-1, 3 KOs) kept his unbeaten pro record intact with a fourth-round knockout of a game Ezera Rabin.