By Jake Donovan
Hammond, IN--
Mike Jimenez secured his coveted May 2 showdown with Jesse Hart, though overcoming a brief scare in rising from a knockdown to stop Kevin Engel in two rounds at Horseshoe Casino in Hammon, Indiana.
The Chicagoland super middleweight agreed to go through with the March 28 showcase even with the assurance of a dream assignment on the undercard of the major superfight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. His handlers took a collective gasp in round one, after their fighter was surprisingly on the deck.
FULL CARD
Mike Jimenez (17-0-0) KO2 Kevin Engel (20-12-0)
Romiro Carrillo (7-0) KO1 Antoine Knight (3-17)
Fred Bowen (5-1-1) KO1 Zach Knox (1-1-0)
Nick Ramirez (6-0-1) KO3 Antoine Elerson (2-11-0)
Mike Reid (2-0-0) UD4 William Chouloute (2-5-0)
Fidel Navarrete (8-0-2) UD4 Dewayne Wisdom (5-22-1)
Will Coix (5-0-1) D4 Benito Tovar (5-1-3)
Simon Buettner (7-1-0) TKO2 Sam Horowitz (2-1-0)
Joey Hefferle (4-1-0) UD4 Carl Currie (0-3-0)
Jose Arambula (9-0) UD6 Mike Fowler (3-1)
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox
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