Hughie Fury posts second-round victory in first professional match over Whittom

MONTREAL – Power puncher Adonis Stevenson avenged his only defeat when he knocked out Darnell (Deezol) Boone with a pair of lefts in the sixth round of a non-title bout Friday night at the Bell Centre.

Stevenson (20-1), of Longueuil, Que., lost to Boone (20-20-3) by a second-round TKO in 2010 but he dominated the rematch.

The southpaw forced the American to take a knee with a right shot to the body early in the sixth, then stunned him coming out of a corner with a left uppercut and followed with a straight left that send Boone to the canvas to end the bout.

Stevenson took the fight even though he has a title fight scheduled for June 8 in Montreal against WBC light heavwyweight champion (Bad) Chad Dawson. He said he wanted revenge for his only loss.

The fight was at a catchweight of 173 pounds. Stevenson, a super-middleweight, will move up to light heavyweight to face Dawson.

Stevenson looked to be going for the knockout from the get-go, and punished Boone with shots to the body and left hooks to the head that gradually caused Boone’s right eye to swell. He landed a big left in the fifth that signalled the end was near.

Stevenson, the top-ranked super-middleweight by the IBF, posted a seventh straight knockout win.

The co-feature saw quick-handed Eleider Alvarez (12-0) unify two minor belts with a third-round TKO of veteran Nicholson Poulard (19-3) in a match of world-ranked Montreal light heavyweights.

Alvarez controlled the match with his left jab, then combined a jab and a thundering straight right to send Poulard to the floor 2:08 into the third round of the scheduled 10-rounder. Referee Marlon B. Wright checked the 35-year-old over and waved an end to the bout.

Alvarez added Poulard’s NABA title to his own NABO belt.

Hughie Fury, the six-foot-eight cousin of Irish/British heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, was impressive in his pro debut with a second-round stoppage of journeyman David Whittom of Quebec City on Friday night.

The 18-year-old Fury held Whittom (11-20-1) off with a stiff jab until he seized the moment 1:49 into the second to land a right hook that put his six-foot-one opponent on the canvas. A wobbly Whittom got up, but his corner signalled to the referee to stop the one-sided contest. Whittom has lost 15 of his last 16 bouts.

Fury has vowed to break Mike Tyson’s record of being the first heavyweight to win a world title at 20 years old.

Another heavyweight clash saw Didier Bence (8-0) of Montreal take a close eight-round decision from American Jonte (Rock Steady) Willis (9-5-1).

Southpaw light middleweight Mian Hussain (5-0), the 2011 Pan-Am Games bronze medallist from Montreal, used a straight left to send Basilio Silva (11-7) of the Dominican Republic straight onto his back and out 1:24 into the second round of their six-rounder.

Marc (Gwapo) Pagcaliwangan of London, Ont., improved to 4-0 with a one-round bantamweight win over Jose Adan Fernandez (2-1) of the Dominican Republic. Fernandez injured his right hand in the first minute and retired at the end of the round.

Light middleweight Sebastien Bouchard (5-0) of Baie-St-Paul, Que., absorbed some stiff shots but hung in for a four-round unanimous decision over Adam Grabiec (3-7) of Poland.