Mary Spencer was unbothered by the four-week delay in her first title defense.

A strong showing was offered by the 40-year-young junior middleweight titlist, who turned away Venezuela’s Ogleidis Suarez. Scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 in favor of Spencer in their one-sided 10-rounder Thursday evening at the Montreal Casino in Montreal.

The action was as lopsided as suggested by the scores in the night’s lone major title fight. Spence, 10-2 (6 KOs), controlled the action largely on the strength of her jab and lead left hooks. Suarez, 31-6-1 (15 KOs), attempted lateral movement to disrupt Spencer’s rhythm but couldn’t establish a sustained offensive attack of her own to make an impact on the scorecards. 

Spencer, who won the interim version of the WBA junior middleweight title last September, was upgraded to full titleholder after Terri Harper vacated to commit to her current WBO lightweight title reign. 

Thursday’s win marked Spencer’s third straight after back-to-back title defeats to Femke Hermans. This bout was originally due to take place on March 14 but was postponed when the event was canceled.

Unbeaten lightweight prospect Jhon Orobio, 13-0 (11 KOs), was forced to go eight rounds for the first time in a shutout win over Argentina’s Sebastian Aguirre, 19-7 (12 KOs).

Scores were 80-71 on all three scorecards for Orobio, a locally based Colombian puncher who shook off a right hook in the opening round to otherwise dominate the bout.

Alexandre Gaumont, 13-0 (9 KOs), remained perfect as a pro with a fourth-round stoppage of Mathis Lourenco, 13-6-3 (6 KOs).

The fight ended in an instant, when Gaumont finished a combination with a vicious right uppercut. Lourenco hit the deck and was deemed unable to continue at 1 minute, 40 seconds of Round 4 in their middleweight contest. 

Moreno Fendero cruised to 10-0 (8 KOs) with a second-round knockout of Mykola Vovk, 15-7 (9 KOs). 

The uncompetitive super middleweight contest saw Fendero – a French southpaw now based in Montreal – force Vovk to the canvas courtesy of a body shot. Vovk spit out his mouthpiece in an attempt to buy time, but he voluntarily went and stayed down moments later. The action forced the stoppage at 2 minutes, 7 seconds of Round 2. 

Erik Israyelyan enjoyed a successful pro debut with a first-round stoppage of Richard Bernath. The junior lightweight affair – which opened the show – saw Israyelyan drill Bernath with a left hand for the first of two knockdowns. A body shot put Bernath down for good to end the fight at 1 minute, 34 seconds of the opening round. 

Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as a senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home. Follow Jake on X and Instagram.