Keyshawn Davis lifted the WBO lightweight title from Denis Berinchyk with a commanding fourth-round stoppage on Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. Davis (13-0 9 KOs) floored Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) in the third round with a left hook to the body. The end came at 1:45 of the fourth after Davis buried two more body shots.
Junior middleweight Xander Zayas improved to 21-0 (19 KOs) with a TKO9 over Slawa Spomer (20-1, 11 KOs). Official time of the stoppage was 2:01.
Abdullah Mason (17-0, 15 KOs) used heavy hands to stop Manuel Jaimes (16-3-1, 11 KOs) at 1:55 of the fourth round. James was down a total of four times.
Keyshawn Davis’ brother Keon Davis (2-1, 1 KO) dominated Ira Johnson (3-3, 2 KOs) for a second round stoppage.
Jared “Big Baby” Anderson (18-1, 15 KOs) got back in the win column with a unanimous decision over Marios Kolias (12-4-1, 10 KOs). Over the course of the 10 rounds, Anderson wasn’t dominant but did enough to win by scores of 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92.
Juan Guerra Jr. (6-1-1, 2 KOs) won a split decision over Nico Ali Walsh (11-2, 5 KOs) in a six-rounder. Scores were 58-56, 58-56 and 56-58.
