Edgar Berlanga decisons Demond Nicholson

Demond Nicholson became the first opponent to take 23-year-old Edgar Berlanga the distance as a professional but had to get off the canvas on four occasions to do so in their 8 round super-middleweight bout on Top Rank's card from the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, Florida, headlined by Emanuel Navarrete's WBO world featherweight title defense against Christopher Diaz.

The 28-year-old Nicholson from Laurel, Maryland had 2o Ko's on his 23 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw slate going into the fight, so fireworks were expected at some stage.

Berlangs did all he could to secure a 17th successive knockout win, scoring knockdowns in the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th rounds but hats off to Nicholson for showing what a gritty individual he is.