Arslan Iallyev has scored his share of solid wins in his three-year professional career. None was bigger - at least, on paper - than his victory over Victor Emilio Ramirez of Argentina on Thursday night at the Basket Hall in Krasnodar, Russia.

What makes it even more satisfying is the fact that Iallyev became just the second person to stop the former two-time 200lb champion inside the distance. The first one to accomplish the trick was Iallyev's compatriot Denis Lebedev almost five years ago.

Pudgy and slow Ramirez, at 37-years-old, looked out-of-shape against the 6'5'' athletic specimen in Iallyev, age 24. The opening rounds were bad for the former champion, who looked rusty after a year and a half of inactivity and often lost his balance.

Iallyev was working from the distance, scoring both with the jab and uppercuts. Ramirez showed tremendous chin and determination to march forward despite taking heavy fire.

In the third, Ramirez found his rhythm and range to be successful sporadically. He was often jumping in with awkward but powerful hooks. Iallyev took them well and continued pounding but with less enthusiasm. Ramirez was also partially successful in rounds four and five but Iallyev's control of the fight was never in danger of being lost. The Argentinean was also complained often of foul play by Iallyev but to almost no effect in the bout.

In the sixth and in the seventh, the Russian giant continued to pound on Ramirez, who was eating more and more uppercuts. He was rocked a couple of times but never went down. The Argentinean chose to call it quits right after the seventh, helping Iallyev to improve his record to 12-0, 7 KOs. Ramirez drops down to 27-4-1, 22 KOs; his career being derailed by a streak of false retirements.

In a co-feature, late bloomer Evgeny Dolgolevets (5-0, 3 KOs) of Belarus scored another big win - this time on points versus Russian/Greek veteran Fedor Papazov (22-4, 13 KOs) in a scheduled ten-rounder. Dolgolevets, 29, had got a win over Georgiy Chelokhsaev in his ultimate outing, and this time he has also added a vacant WBA I/C light welterweight title to the previously owned Eurasian Boxing Parliament 140lb title.

Dolgolevets debuted as a pro a year ago after a storied amateur career. During the first half of the fight he was looking for one decisive punch against smaller but physically well prepared opponent. Both worked in the trenches but Dologolevets was landing punches at a higher rate. Papazov, 35, took almost everything that was thrown at him but enjoyed little offense in return, and when he did, the Belarussian smothered the effect of Papazov's aggression.

The flow of the fight changed a bit after the mid-point. Dolgolevets started to experience fatigue but was able to cover it with lesser activity and solid upper body movement. Still he was landing a bit more than Papazov, although Fedor's punches were felt better by the road fighter. In the ninth, both combatants landed solid combinations at the end of the round. Papazov tried and won the last round on his sheer fury and desire.

Still, it wasn't enough to clinch the fight for him. Finals scores were: 96-94, 96-94 and 98-92 - for Dolgolevets, who is on the verge of breaking the top-15 of the ranks. He will be matched up aggressively so don't be surprised to see Dolgolevets in a minor or continental title fight soon.

Also on the card, lightweight Tigran Uzlyan (3-0, 2 KOs) put his opponent Rustem Fatkullin (8-8, 3 KOs), down for the count with a monstrous right hand. Fatkullin had never been stopped before that.

The tourney was promoted by the former WBC cruiserweight champion Grigoriy Drozd and Alexey Vasiliev, who unified their efforts under the Angels A banner.