Seth Mitchell Keeps Rolling.

From our friends at Fanhouse:

Brandywine, MD., native and heavyweight contender Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell dropped his man twice in the fifth round, where his opponent failed to beat the second count of referee Jay Nady, on the way to securing his fifth straight knockout and his seventh in his past eight fights against Taurus “The Bull” Sykes on Saturday night’s Golden Boy Promotions card at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.

“I felt good about the fight. I felt like it was a good opponent for me. He was a veteran who gave me some rounds. So it was definitely good for me to go some rounds, being that my previous three fights had gone less than four rounds each,” said the 6-foot-2, 28-year-old Mitchell, who was coming off of an Oct. 15, first-round knockout over Derrick Brown. “So it was good to get a couple of rounds in and get my lungs open. I thought that it was a good test for me and I think that I passed the test.”

Not only did Mitchell improve his record to 20-0-1 with his 14th knockout, but he also ran his winning streak to 18 consecutive bouts against the 35-year-old Sykes (25-7-1, seven KOs).

We’re big on Mitchell, which is hardly surprising given his ties to Michigan and proximity to the District. But the former Spartan has shown a real killer instinct in finishing his last few opponents early on. Here’s hoping he’ll be back on TV or fighting locally soon so we can bear witness to his progression in person.