At the end of a long fight card that went way late into the night, Mikaela Mayer decisioned Sandy Ryan over 10 rounds in one of the best fights I’ve seen this year. Despite no knockdowns, this was an all-action contest with ebbs and flows throughout and nearly no slowdown from either fighter.
Mayer’s margins of victory were 97-93 and 96-94 with one judge seeing it at 95-95, making it a majority decision. I had it 96-94 Ryan and I feel that at worst for Ryan it was a draw, but 96-94 Mayer doesn’t bother me at all. 97-93 is getting off the trail a bit.
To recap the fight, Ryan came at Mayer, Mayer fought back, both landed big blows, Mayer went on the attack, Ryan fought back, Ryan came at Mayer….
It was like that for the full 10 rounds, no lulls in any round. Great, great fight. Mikaela Mayer is now 20-2 with 5 KOs while Sandy Ryan is 7-2-1 with 3 KOs. If they do a rematch, I’m very curious to see what either of them would change up.
BRUCE CARRINGTON MD10 OVER SULAIMAN SEGAWA
Featherweight Bruce Carrington (13-0, 8 KOs) stayed undefeated with a questionable decision over awkward southpaw Suaiman Segawa (17-5-1, 6 KOs) in the co-main. Carrington didn’t show much to indicate he will be a force in the division. I had it a draw or 96-94 Segawa, but two of the three judges handed in 97-93 scorecards for Carrington which didn’t reflect the action that took place over 10 rounds. The third judge had it a draw.
Segawa was no picnic, but he had four losses and a draw on his record going in, with only 6 KOs in 17 wins. The way Carrington is hyped up, it should have been a reasonable test that the New Yorker would pass by showing his next-level skills. That didn’t happen. The story continues.
XANDER ZAYAS UD10 OVER DAMIAN SOSA
The only other fight I watched on this card was junior middleweight Xander Zayas improving to 20-0 (12 KOs) with a 10-round whitewash over Damian Sosa (25-3, 12 KOs). Zayas had the advantage in every area and won every round on all three scorecards, despite a solid effort from Sosa. There weren’t many big moments in the fight as the pattern played out consistently with Sosa pressing and Zayas outpunching him with both hands.
It was a good win for Zayas and the second-straight overwhelming points victory for the 22-year old from Puerto Rico. I get the feeling he will rise to the level of better competition as his career continues.
WATCH/LISTEN!
Good action on ESPN+ even though I had to turn the volume off. Pro tip: boxing is infinitely more enjoyable turning off the agenda-driven tv broadcast and listening to a X (Twitter) space with people who know what they’re looking at. Good times with @ThaBoxingVoice.
