Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin, Monte Carlo - WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (12-0, 10 KOs) retained his title in the first round with a huge right hand that sent Trent Broadhurst (20-2, 12 KOs) down and out.

Bivol became the full WBA champion after originally holding the interim-belt. The prior full champion Badou Jack vacated the title after being ordered to face Bivol in a mandatory defense. Bivol last saw action back in June when he stopped Cedric Agnew.

Coming into this fight, Broadhurst had won 13 fights in a row since suffering a knockout loss to Robert Berridge in October 2011.

Some controversy in the first round, where Broadhurst went down from a light shoulder bump and the referee called it a knockdown. The contest started off in a very calculated boxing pace. Bivol was landing some shots to get Broadhurst backing up and made him shy to throw back. Broadhurst was sticking to a jab, with Bivol blocking many of the punches coming his way.

At the end of the first round, practically at the bell, Bivol landed a huge right hand shot that sent Broadhurst down for the count. The fight was quickly waved off by the referee.

In the co-feature, it wasn't easy but undefeated Germany-based Turk Agit Kabayel retained his European heavyweight title by scoring the biggest win of his young career - a majority decision over not-so-determined former world title challenger Dereck "Del Boy" Chisora over twelve rounds.

WBC #12, WBO #13 and IBF #14 Kabayel, though the bigger of the two, remained at a long range against usually aggressive Chisora. This time, however, Del Boy was slow and lethargic - specifically, in the first round. Kabayel did a better job with his jab and lateral movement.

Chisora, 33, did better in the second and in the third by landing some huge shots even though Kabayel took them fairly well. Kabayel replied with some solid leather in the fourth and in the fifth but the Brit was a notch batter in the mid-set.

Still power and intensity of Chisora wasn't enough to prevent Kabayel from moving around the ring. Kabayel had some success - especially after the mid-point - with his sudden offensive. Neither fighter was ever rocked or shocked but both were faded after eleven rounds. It was Kabayel who wanted more to get the twelfth and arguably the crucial round.

One judge had it 114-114 - a draw, while the other two awarded it to Kabayel: 115-113 and 115-114. Agit Kabayel, a young one at 25, acquired his belt early this year with a win over 26-1 Herve Hubeaux. He is 17-0, with 12 KOs, now. WBC #8 Chisora, with his fourth career split or majority loss, goes down to 27-8, 19 KOs.