Last weekend, the first round of the WBC Boxing Grand Prix, a multi-phase tournament extending throughout 2025, took place at the BLVD City Global Theater in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia under the auspices of Riyadh Season. There are separate competitions in four weight classes. Here are the 11 of the 16 heavyweight results that the WBC reported:

 

In a battle of undefeateds, Peter Lacz of Poland defeated Belgium's Michael Pirotton by unanimous decision. Last year, Pirotton saw action in the Team Combat League...

 

South Carolina's Devon Young  knocked out Paulo Yuskiv of the Ukraine in the second round...

 

Tsotne Rogava, a California-based Eastern European, sent Lewis Clarke to the canvas in the second round...

 

South Africa's Keaton Gomes landed a powerful right hand on Roberto Medina of Mexico in the first round to end the fight...

 

Alija Mesic of Bosnia and Herzegovina disposed of Kenya's Denzel Onyango in the first round by landing powerful right hands...

 

Reagan Apanu of the Congo defeated Pavol Hrivnak of the Czech Republic by majority decision...

 

Ukraine's Vitaliy Stalchenko, previously a cruiserweight, won a unanimous decision over pro-debuting Dylan Rajic of Bosnia and Herzegovina...

 

Argentina's Emiliano Mendoza defeated Wu Peng Yang of China on the scorecards....

 

Ahmed Krnjic of Bosnia and Herzegovina won via technical knockout when the referee did not let Guatemala's Yordy Valenzuela continue after being knocked down...

 

Italy's Davide Brito won his fight against France's Clément Gillet...

 

Argentina's Jonathan Vegara won on the cards against Pennsylvania's 6'7" Steven Torres.