In a clash of former world title challengers, European light heavyweight titleholder Eduard Gutknecht (23-1, 9 KOs) outboxed Vyacheslav Uzelkov (25-2, 16 KOs) over twelve rounds to retain his title by scores of 115-114, 116-112 and 117-111.

Former cruiserweight title challenger and former Contender: Season 4 winner Troy Ross (25-2, 16 KOs) lumbered to an uninspiring eight round nod over journeyman Lukasz Rusiewicz (10-12, 3 KOs). Ross won by scores of 80-72, 80-72, 79-74.

Unbeaten cruiserweight David Graf (6-0, 5 KOs) went the distance for the first time in outpointing Paul Morris (4-6-2, 2 KOs) over six.