Cauthen Stops 'Bubby' Thompson in Philadelphia!

New Jersey junior middleweight Terrence "The Heat" Cauthen stopped DC's Vincent "Bubby" Thompson in the eighth round at the Legendary Blue Horizon in Philadelphia. The following description of this bout and other contests on the card comes from Fightnews.com's Kurt Wolfheimer.

Terrance "The Heat" Cauthen (29-3, 8KOs) of Trenton, New Jersey continued his quest for another world title, with an impressive eighth round stoppage of Vincent Thompson (22-8, 9KOs) of Washington DC.

The southpaw Cauthen started the bout tentatively, but by the fifth round, he was landing pinpoint combinations and walking through the light combinations of the game, but outmatched Thompson. Cauthen continued the onslaught in rounds six and seven. This time though, it was combinations that began with body shots followed with uppercuts inside, which was wearing down Thompson. Finally, in the eighth and final round, Cauthen connected with a straight left, followed by a right hand flush on jaw of Thompson, stunning him. Cauthen seeing the opening turned on the heat as he landed twenty unanswered punches on a badly hurt Thompson, who was covering up, forcing referee Shawn Clark to call a halt to the bout at 1:21 of the round to the delight of the pro-Cauthen crowd.

Also on the card,orthodox Junior Middleweight William "The Bobcat" Boggs of Philadelphia, PA hurt his right hand early in round one, but switched to southpaw throughout the bout, increasing his power in taking every round off of ring veteran Larry Brothers of Silver Spring, MD over four rounds. Boggs increases his record to 2-0 while Brothers falls to 6-18-3 with four KOs.