In the main event of the evening at the Equides Club arena in Kiev, the WBO international lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk (14-0, 8 KOs) stopped Viorel Simion (22-4, 9 KOs), thus defending his title. Simion hit the floor in the sixth and seventh rounds and didn't go out for the eighth.
Denys Berinchyk, the WBO international lightweight champion, and his rival in the October 8 fight in Kiev, Viorel Simion, weighed in before their title fight. Denys was 133½ pounds, Viorel - 135 pounds. Tomorrow, in the Equides Club the rivals will have a ten-round fight with WBO International title owned by Denys at stake.