Shelestyuk remains unbeaten

In front of a sold-out crowd at the Omega Products International Outdoor Arena in Sacramento, CA, Thompson Boxing Promotions came to Sacramento, CA for the first time as the promotion brought a slew of up and coming talent.

Welterweight Taras Shelestyuk (16-0 10KOs) of the Ukraine looked as good as he every has as he stopped Jesus Rodriguez (15-3 11KOOs) in only three rounds in the headlining bout. Shelestyuk, a former Olympic bronze medalist, outclassed Rodriguez who took a barrage of cleans shot that accumulated in the fight being waved off the in the third round of a scheduled eight-round bout.

Shelestyuk is currently ranked in the top 10 of the welterweight division and inching closer to a title shot.