Pawel Wolak Stops Carlos Nascimento After Five

By Mark Vester

At the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, junior middleweight contender Pawel Wolak (25-1, 17KOs) stopped a gusty Carlos Nascimento (24-2, 20KOs).

The fight started as an inside brawl. A clash of heads opened up a minor cut above Nascimento's right eye in the middle of the first. In the second and third, Wolak kept the fight close and landed a lot of power punch combinations by trapping Nascimento against the ropes. In the fourth, Wolak was pouring on the punches and seemed to have Nascimento hurt in the final minute. Nascimento's cut opened up during the fourth.

In the fifth, Wolak continued to batter Nascimento. Wolam dropped him in the final minute with a quick inside hook. The fight was stopped before the end of the sixth.