Beterbiev knocked out Brown

In the main bout of the night in Montreal, Arthur Beterbiev (17-0, 17 KO) knocked out Marcus Brown (24-2, 16 KO) in the ninth round, thus protecting the WBC and IBF light heavyweight belts.

Brown got off to a good start, until in the fourth round both earned a cut after an unintentional head bump. After that, Beterbiev, whose cut on his forehead began to bleed heavily, picked up the pace and in the seventh round was able to knock the opponent down. In the ninth round, Brown found himself on the floor for the rest of the referee's countdown after being hit in the liver. The time for stopping the battle is 0:46.