By Alexey Sukachev

Copper Box Arena, London - Continuing his road back to the elite and... the recent streak of very questionable stoppages, Derek "Del Boy" Chisora improved to 19-4, with 13 KOs, with a sick stoppage of Czech Ondrej Pala (32-4, 22 KOs) late into the third. Chisora acquired a vacant WBA International heavyweight title in addition to his already owned WBO International heavyweight belt.

What was thought to be an easy night against a late sub turned into a competitive contest soon after the start, when Pala landed a perfect left hook to get the Brit's attention. Another left hook to the chin momentarily rocked Chisora, 29, during the second minute of the round. Del Boy came back strong with right hands of his own to wobble Pala at the end of the round.

WBC/WBO #7 and IBF #11 Chisora continued to be aggressive in the second but it was Pala who landed yet another left cracker to buckle Chisora's knees, as he kept dancing out of trouble. Pala followed him with a huge combo of his own but landed mainly on the Brit's gloves and shoulders. Chisora came back to life during the second minute. The third one was marred with multiple hugs and holding, initiated primarily by the Czech.

Pala, also 29, looked worse in the third. Chisora was throwing more and more punches, while Ondrej was answering sparsely. He turned the flow around in the second minute putting Chisora at the ropes but then mostly held his foe or hugged him. During the last minute, Chisora found a room for several right hooks and uppercuts that, while being short, landed cleanly on Pala. The Czech wobbled forward, then moved to the corner with his back turned to Chisora. The latter landed a clean right hand at the back of the head, which was nothing but a rabbit punch to be deducted a point for, then followed it with a left hook to the strangely dazed Czech. At this point, referee Jan Christensen unexpectedly waved the fight off, even though Pala was already turning back on his own and didn't appear to be in serious trouble.

Time of stoppage was 2:25 of the round. Chisora is 4-0, 4 KOs, this year, but this was his second questionable stoppage in this streak after the July controversial stoppage of Malik Scott. It's to be noted, however, that this time Pala had not only referee but also himself to blame for it. He just provoked it with his strange behavior, making it look like an easy way out of the fight, he was losing, rather than a possible robbery.

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Light middleweight George Keane (2-0, 1 KO) looked good, stopping Bulgarian Danny Dontchev (4-64-1, 1 KO) with exactly two minutes remaining in round four. Keane dropped Dontchev once in the second round, then with a major right uppercut on the third. The Bulgarian was also deducted a point in the fourth for ducking low.

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Enfield's Frank Buglioni (11-0, 8 KOs) acquired his first career title in an impressive fashion, dropping Czech import Stepan Horvath (11-2, 3 KOs) twice in the eighth round en route to the eighth-round KO. Buglioni is now the WBO European super middleweight champion.

It's to be noted that Horvath was no match for the Brit. Not having a good punch in his backpack, the Czech was also significantly dwarfed by a bigger, younger and more skillful fighter. Horvath, to his will, decided to fight through rather than surrender on the first occasion. He was brave and did everythign he could to deliver problems to the British fighter. It didn't happen though. Horvath's punches were mostly off mark, while he was at the receiving end of the jab duel. He stayed in the fight but using his double jab and not feeling Horvath's punches. Buglioni was clearly ahead.

The Czech landed several good shots in round sox, but it was his swan song. In round eighth, Buglioni cornered the foreigner and landed a cracking left hook to the body on Horvath's way out. The Czech took a knee, then got himself up. Not for a very long time though. Buglioni immediately started to punch, and soon put Horvath down and, this time, out for a full count of ten, with a cracking left hook to the liver section.

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Undefeated light heavyweight Andreas Evangelou (8-0-1, 1 KO) got a workmanlike decision over tough cookie Mitch Mitchell (2-15-1, 1 KO) over six rounds. The sole score was 59-56 - for Evangelou.

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26-year old London native Bradley Skeete (14-0, 4 KOs) just barely passed the toughest test of his career, scoring a narrow and a hard-fought unanimous decision over tough veteran and fellow townsman Colin Lynes (37-11, 12 KOs) in a fight that also saw him on canvas and in deep waters early one. Skeete acquired a vacant BBofC English (not British) welterweight title with this victory.

After the tedious first, 36-year old Lynes found a room for his right hand. Late into the second he scored a huge left hook / right hand combo to the chin and whiskers, putting Skeete down hard to the canvas. Skeete was on queer street but survived till the bell. In the third, Bradley started to utilize his advantage in speed and reflexes. Right hand was instrumental for him in this process, as he scored multiple-punch combinations. He also had his left jab working for him, popping it into Lynes' head. The veteran fighter answered with hard right bombs, which put Skeete in danger of going down time and again. Yet, youth and reflexes of Skeete was a better equipment than looping right hands of Lynes. The latter was stalked around the ring several times in the midst of the fight but retained his composure. Nevertheless, Skeete firstly turned back the tide, then started to outbox and then to outpoint his fadin opponent.

Lynes summoned all vigor and grit he had in later rounds, landing a number of hard blows, mostly his right hands, to spoil the sense of the win for Skeete. The younger Londoner, however, was all confidence after the final bell, and judges' scores proved his right to celebrate: 96-94, 96-93 and 97-93 - for Bradley Skeete. BoxingScene was in agreement with the first scorecard.

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Super middleweight prospect Tom Baker (6-0, 1 KO) easily outpointed rugged Lithuanian opponent Kirill Psonko (11-28-2, 7 KOs) over six one-sided rounds. The difference was Baker's jab, which he used to keep Psonko at bay all the time. The Lithunian tried some roughhousing but Baker was in no position to be intimidated or bullied. The sole score was 60-54 - for Baker.

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Gary Corcoran (7-0, 3KOs) stops Dai Jones (4-3-1) in the fifth round of their welterweight clash. A strong performance from Corcoran. Referee stops the contest halfway through the fifth.

Gary Cornish (17-0, 9KOs) stopped Ivica Perkovic (20-23, 15KOs) in the third round of their heavyweight contest. Cornish put down Perkovic in the third and the referee stepped in to stop the bout.