Petr Petrov Wins by KO on the Thompson Promotions Card in Ontario, CA

ONTARIO, Calif.-Lightweight contender Petr Petrov shred through veteran Dedrick Bell’s defense with ease to win by knockout on Friday evening.

Petrov (41-6-2, 22 KOs) of Russia showed the crowd of more than 500 at the Doubletree Hotel that Bell’s (23-31, 11 KOs) experience and five consecutive wins was not enough against an elite fighter. The Thompson Boxing Promotions main event was not a long affair.

Bell could only last two rounds against the muscular Petrov who fired combinations to the head and body that Bell was powerless to stop. A left hook to the body at 2:48 of the second round was all that Bell could withstand. Petrov was deemed the winner by knockout.

This could be the start of another run toward a lightweight world title bid for Petrov whose last attempt fell short against Terry Flanagan for the WBO lightweight title in 2017. He had previously fought for the WBA super lightweight world title in 2011 against Marcos Maidana and lost by knockout.

At 36 years old does he have enough time?

Other Bouts

Santa Ana’s Mario Hernandez bulled his way to victory as usual over the taller Jesus Ruiz from Phoenix who took four rounds before figuring out the remedy. It was simply too late. No knockdowns were scored but Hernandez lowered his head and rammed through Ruiz’s guard to win all six rounds on three judges score cards and win by 60-54 in the super flyweight bout.

Isaac Zarate (16-5-4, 2 KOs) and Roberto Meza (12-2-1, 6 KOs) fought six very close rounds with neither able to pull away in their featherweight clash. Zarate, a southpaw, needed a few rounds to figure out the aggressive style of Temecula’s Meza who was able to connect early with rights to the body. San Pedro’s Zarate lowered his target and began punching to the body and that seemed to turn things around. But neither fighter was able to dominate. After six stanzas one judge saw it 60-54 for Zarate, another 58-56 to Meza and a third 57-57 to make the fight a split draw.

A featherweight clash saw Aleem Jumakhonov (8-2-2, 4 KOs) hand San Bernardino’s Anthony Chavez (8-1, 3 KOs) his first loss as a professional with a win by unanimous decision after six rounds. A knockdown was scored by Jumakhonov when he landed an overhand right that dropped Chavez in the second round. He also hit him when he was down but was not deducted a point for the infraction by referee Ray Corona.

Jumakhonov was able to neutralize Chavez’s speed advantage and managed to steal a few rounds by simply out-punching Chavez in the last seconds of several rounds. Chavez tried to rally but was too far behind to catch Jumakhonov. The judges scored the fight 59-54, 58-55, 57-56 for Jumakhonov who fights out of Reseda, Calif.

Hawaii’s Arnold Dinong (6-0, 1 KO) used his speedy light combinations to outscore Texas super featherweight Prisco Marquez (4-2-1) by unanimous decision after six rounds. No knockdowns were scored but Dinong was the busier fighter. Two judges scored it 60-54 and a third saw it 59-55 for Dinong.

Photo credit: Al Applerose

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