Hemi Ahio’s activity and aggression eventually wore down 300-pound Amron Sands in the sixth round of their heavyweight fight Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Ahio hurt Sands with a right hand when Sands was backed into a corner, which led to a sixth-round, technical-knockout win on the George Kambosos Jr.-Maxi Hughes undercard at FireLake Arena. The referee separated them and stopped the action at 2:12 of the sixth round.
Ahio improved his record to 21-1 and produced his 16th knockout. Sands (12-3, 9 KOs), of Orlando, Florida, lost for the third time in his past four fights, all by TKO.
Ahio’s activity continued to wear down Sands during the sixth round, which led to him staggering Sands with a right hand when there were 55 seconds to go in the sixth round. An opportunistic Ahio pounced on Sands, landed several additional flush punches and caused the referee to step between them.
A right hand by Ahio knocked Sands off balance 30 seconds into the sixth round.
Ahio’s array of punches kept Sands backed against the ropes during the final 30 seconds of the fifth round.
Ahio’s right hand snapped back Sands’ head and moved him into the ropes, but Sands fired right back with a left hand that backed up Ahio a few seconds before the fourth round concluded.
Sands’ left landed with just under 30 seconds to go in the fourth round. Sands’ right hook to Ahio’s body landed a few seconds before the halfway mark of the fourth round.
Ahio landed back-to-back right uppercuts with just under 50 seconds to go in the third round.
Ahio blasted Sands with a right hand that knocked him into a corner with 40 seconds on the clock in the second round. Ahio attempted to finish his vulnerable opponent, but Sands survived and threw hard punches back at Ahio just before the second round ended.
Ahio’s right landed to the side of Sands’ head just before the halfway point of the second round.
Ahio landed several short right hands that got Sands’ attention in the first round. Sands snuck in a left uppercut a few seconds before the opening round ended.
Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.