Cuban prospect Leduan Barthelemy remained unbeaten on Tuesday night with a terrific performance against Reynaldo Blanco. Barthelemy stopped his foe in the ninth of the main event of the latest edition of PBC on FS1’s “Toe-To-Toe Tuesdays” card, which was held inside Robinson Rancheria Resort and Casino in Nice, Calif.
With the fight well out of reach, Blanco (14-4, 8 KOs) needed to turn things around down the stretch, but he was never allowed to. A series of blistering rights to the head wobbled and then dropped Blanco early in the ninth, and when he climbed back to his feet, Barthelemy closed the show. Barthelemy (13-0, 7 KOs) swarmed his adversary with a barrage of punches until Blanco’s corner threw in the towel. The end came 90 seconds into the ninth.
Kyrone Davis (12-1,5 KOs) edged previously-undefeated Marcos Hernandez (9-1, 2 KOs) via split decision in the super welterweight co-feature. The battle was set at a high pace and the two landed dozens of clean punches to the head and body throughout and it was about as close as they come. Davis had a point deducted in the seventh for repeated low blows. In the end, though, one judge had it for Hernandez 95-94, but that score was offset by the two others who saw it 96-93 in favor of Davis.
Malcom McAllister (9-0, 8 KOs) picked himself up off the canvas in the sixth to earn a unanimous decision win over Alejandro Torres (9-2-2, 4 KOs). McCallister controlled the pace from the start and won handily via tallies of 58-55 on all three judges’ scorecards.