Prograis thrashes Indongo, Baranchyk stops Petrov, and Junior Fa picks up a win

Shobox delivered a triple header as the first leg of this weekends doubleheader of boxing. In the opener prospective heavy weight prospect Junior Fa improved to 14-0 with a win over Craig Lewis. He had to settle for a majority decision as one judge scored it a draw which was not correct. This was a clear win for Junior but a win that he labored a bit for in the end. Junior is being brought up to be the next heavyweight contender but he showed that he still has some things to learn in this fight as well as some improvements that need to be made to his conditioning. He is early in his career though and worth keeping an eye on I'm sure he will be featured on future Shobox events.

For the co-feature Ivan Baranchyk beat up and broke down late replacement opponent Petr Petrov. Baranchyk started his career on a tear and was knocking everyone out that he faced until he hit a drought in his last 4 fights which all went to decision. It seemed as though he may not be quite the beast that he was made out to be. When I saw that he would be facing Petr Petrov I thought there was a good chance that Petrov would be the man to hand Baranchyk his first loss. Instead Baranchyk dropped Petrov with the first punch he threw in the fight and never really let up from there beating Petrov around the ring, dropping him numerous times before forcing the ref to stop the fight at the beginning of the 8th round. Petrov had his moments in the fight when he held his ground and threw with Baranchyk. His shorter tighter punches found their target easily showing Baranchyk's biggest weakness, he doesn't move his head. Baranchyk was too big and too strong though for Petrov and really put a beating on him. This was a very very good win for Baranchyk and it will be interesting to see who he will matched with in the lively junior welterweight  division.

Our main event ended up being a much mor one sided affair than anticipated. Indongo figured to be a challenge to Prograis based on his awkward style and better record in terms of opponents faced. This was not even close to how the fight shook out. Prograis knocked down Indongo at the end of the first round then 3 more times in round 2 to finish the fight. Indongo never really seemed like he recovered from the first knockdown and seemed like he was fighting for his life afterwards in round 2. This is a huge statement win for Prograis and he has really exploded onto the scene at 140 as an aggressive pressure fighter with excellent power. For Indongo this is a huge step back losing to Crawford was one thing but getting thrashed by a prospect on the way up is another thing entirely. Indongo is 35 and hasn't made it out of the 3rd round in the past two fights he's been in so the future for him as a top fighter is cloudy at best. For Prograis I expect that we will see him in a big fight fairly soon I would love to see him against John Molina or Adrien Broner.