British heavyweight David Price, 17-2-(15) overcame a first round knockdown to score a third round knockout over Onrej Pala, 33-5-(23), in Esbjerg, Denmark on Saturday.
Pala decked Price a left hook behind top the side of the head but Price quickly recovered to unload a series of right hands in the third to twice drop Pala and end the fight after 0.33 of the round.
On the Sauerland promotion undercard middleweight Andy Lee, 32-2-( 22), seemed fortunate to escape with an eight round majority decision win over Frank Haroche Horta. The scores were 77-76 twice and 76-76.
Other results
European light heavyweight title Erik Skoglund w tko 9 Danilo D’Agata
super featherweight Kakhaber Avetisian w pts 8 Andreas Evensen
middleweight Abdul Khattab w tko 5 Chris Jenkinson
light welterweight Rashid Kassem w ko 6 Goga Koshkelishvili
cruiserweight Igor Pylypenko w ko 1 Peter Gram
super middleweight Landry Kore w pts 4 Nikola Matic
April 12, 2013