Osleys Iglesias stops Oliver Zaren in seventh round to retain world titles

Osleys Iglesias retained his IBF and IBO super-middleweight titles with a seventh-round stoppage of Oliver Zaren in Quebec City on Thursday.

The Cuban champion knocked Zaren down twice in the sixth round before the challenger’s corner threw in the towel in the next.

The referee halted the contest after one minute and 31 seconds of round seven at Theatre Capitole, according to Fightmag’s ringside report.

Osleys Iglesias extends unbeaten record

Iglesias improved to 16 wins from 16 professional contests, with 15 victories coming inside the distance.

The result marked his first successful defence of the IBF belt and his sixth of the IBO title.

He had won the vacant IBF championship by stopping Pavel Silyagin in Montreal in April. Our Osleys Iglesias profile looks at his record and rise through the super-middleweight division.

Zaren suffered his first professional defeat, leaving the Danish challenger with 19 wins, one loss and one draw.

Mathieu wins on undercard

Wilkens Mathieu retained his NABF super-middleweight title with a split-decision victory over Vladimir Shishkin.

Two judges scored the contest 98-92 for Mathieu, while the third favoured Shishkin 97-93.

Imam Khataev also retained his NABF light-heavyweight belt, stopping Padraig McCrory after 69 seconds of the opening round.