Results: Mikhaylenko and Avila win

Fantasy Springs Resort Casino once again hosted an action-packed evening of boxing, complete with boxing world champion appearances from Roy Jones Jr., Scott Quigg, and Randy Caballero. Live on HBO Latino® Boxing, the main event featured, Johan "El Terrible" Perez (20-2-2, 13 KOs), former interim WBA Light Welterweight Champion of Caracas, Venezuela, taking on undefeated Russian boxer Dmitry "The Mechanic" Mikhaylenko (20-0, 9 KOs) in a 12-round welterweight bout.

With the NABA Werlterweight Title on the line, both fighters fought fearlessly as a near sell-out rowdy crowd cheered them on. Mikhaylenko showed his strength early on in the fight and continued to corner Perez on the ropes as the fight progressed. Perez showed a lot of heart as continued to go forward in every round, but by the eighth round, the referee called off the fight as an overwhelmed Perez could no longer defend himself. Mikhaylenko, maintained his unblemished record as he was declared the winner for the covenant NABA Title via technical knockout.

"I want to thank my promoter and HBO Latino for giving me the opportunity to fight for this title," said Dmitry Mikhaylenko. "I felt like I dominated the fight from the beginning and definitely set the pace. I was prepared to face a tough opponent in Perez but once I realized my punches were hurting him I decided to continue to put pressure on him. He is not a heavy punch and I took the opportunity to overwhelm him. I want to dedicate this victory to my mother, all my fans in Russia and my darling Sasha."

"I feel like I should have trained harder for this opponent and now think that I may have been underprepared," said Johan Perez. "I may have been too relaxed at first as I was trying to read him. He is a very heavy puncher a tough opponent."

Also live on the HBO Latino® Boxing telecast, former world title contender Yoandris "El Nino" Salinas (21-1-3, 14 KOs) of Miami faced off against undefeated standout Manuel "Tino" Avila (18-0, 8 KOs) of Fairfield, Calif. in the co-main event for the vacant interim NABF Super Bantamweight Title. The fight started off slow as both fighters looked for opportunities to hurt each other. The paced picked up in the third round when Avila shocked Salinas with a right cross that sent Salinas to the mat. Salinas came back with a vengeance in the fourth round to only hurt his right hand. By the sixth round the pain in Salina's right hand was unbearable and the corner called off the fight, awarding Avila the interim NABF Super Bantamweight Title by technical knockout.

"I was expecting Salinas to be a tougher fighter," said Manuel Avila. "I had heard a lot about him, his record and reputation. Taking that into account my team really prepared me. I trained longer and harder. I felt like this fight was going to go the distance and I wanted to increase my speed and stamina. In all my 13 years fighting I had never won a belt, not even as an amateur. I now am glad to say that I am the NABF Super Bantamweight Champion. I am taking home the belt back home to my gym, the Vacaville Pal. I am ready for a world championship fight, and this victory proves it."

"My plan was to start slow and find out what Avila was all about and I found that he wasn't a heavy puncher, so when he knocked me down in third round I was very surprised," said Yoandris Salinas. "So I started to put more pressure on him with my right hook. In the fourth round, I continued to lead with my right since I felt like I was hurting him but one of my right hooks hurt my hand. I tried to continue the fight into the fifth and sixth rounds but the pain in my right hand was unbearable and I knew Avila noticed and began to take advantage of my situation.