Veteran lightweight Petr “Zar” Petrov emerged victorious over Michael “The Artist” Perez in an elimination fight to earn a shot at WBA Lightweight Champion Jorge Linares. The main event capped an action-packed, sold out Golden Boy Promotions card at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. on Friday night.
Broadcast live on Estrella TV and streaming live simultaneously on Ring TV, estrellaTV.com and on YouTube via Fenomeno Studios, Petrov (38-4-2, 18 KOs) used a relentless attack to knock Perez (24-2-2, 11 KOs) down in the second round, cut him over both eyes and eventually lead Perez’ trainer Robert Garcia to stop the fight at the end of the sixth.