Unbeaten WBO #1 lightweight Keyshawn “The Businessman” Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) scored a fourth round KO to dethrone WBO lightweight world champion Denys Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) on Friday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Davis dropped Berinchyk with a body shot in round three. Another body shot in round four ended Berinchyk’s night. Time was 1:45.
WBO #1, WBC #3, IBF #5 junior middleweight Xander Zayas (21-0, 19 KOs) scored a ninth round TKO against previously unbeaten WBO #11 Slawa Spomer (20-1, 11 KOs). Zayas broke down Spomer over nine rounds, finally getting a referee’s stoppage. Time was 2:01.
WBO #10 middleweight Vito Mielnicki Jr. (20-1-1, 12 KOs) and unbeaten WBA #3 Connor Coyle (21-0-1, 9 KOs) battled to a ten round draw. Good two-way action. Coyle suffered a cut over his left eye midway. Scores were 96-94 Mielnicki, and 95-95 on two cards.
Second-generation Puerto Rican star Juanmita Lopez De Jesus, son of former two-weight world champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, needed just 59 seconds to annihilate Bryan Santiago (1-2-1, 1 KO) in his junior bantamweight pro debut. A left uppercut finished Santiago.
Undefeated WBC #10 lightweight southpaw Abdullah Mason (17-0, 15 KOs) stopped rugged Manuel Jaimes (16-3-1, 11 KOs) in round four after four knockdowns. Mason dropped Jaimes in round two, round three, and twice in round four to end it. Time was 1:55.
Dominican Olympian and WBO #13 welterweight Rohan Polanco (15-0, 10 KOs) edged closer to a title shot with a second round KO against WBO #10 Jean Carlos Torres (22-2, 17 KOs). Polanco dropped Torres in round one, then finished him with another knockdown in round two.
Welterweight Keon Davis (2-0, 1 KOs), brother of headliner Keyshawn Davis, scored a second round KO over Ira Johnson (3-3, 2 KOs).
WBO #9, IBF #14 heavyweight Jared “Real Big Baby” Anderson (18-1, 15 KOs), coming off his KO loss to Martin Bakole, lumbered past Marios Kollias (12-4-1, 10 KOs) over ten rounds. The bout never really heated up in what may be Anderson’s final fight with Top Rank. Scores were 99-91, 99-91, 98-92.
Middleweight Nico Ali Walsh (11-2, 5 KOs), grandson of ring legend Muhammad Ali, was outworked Juan Guerra Jr. (6-1-1, 2 KOs) over six rounds. Guerra took a split decision by scores of 58-56 on two cards. Ali Walsh was up 58-56 on the third card.
Unbeaten WBO #1 lightweight Keyshawn “The Businessman” Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) scored a fourth round KO to dethrone WBO lightweight world champion Denys Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) on Friday night…
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