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KEYSHAWN DAVIS STOPS BERINCHYK FOR WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

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.

BERINCHYK – DAVIS WEIGHTS

WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchuk and challenger Keyshawn Davis both made weight for Friday night’s title match at Madison Square Garden.

Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) won the vacant title in May of last year with a split decision victory over Emanuel Navarrette. Davis (12-0, 8 KOs), a 2020 Olympic silver medalist, last fought in November, stopping Gustavo Daniel Lemos in two rounds.

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DENYS BERINCHYK – 134.6
KEYSHAWN DAVIS 134.2

XANDER ZAYAS 153.2
SLAWA SPOMER – 153.2

VITO MIELNICKI JR. – 159.4
CONNOR COYLE – 158.8

JUANMITA LOPEZ DE JESUS – 113.8
BRYAN SANTIAGO
– 113.6

ABDULLAH MASON – 136.2
MANUEL JAIMES – 137

ROHAN POLANCO – 146.4
JEAN CARLOS TORRES – 147

KEON DAVIS – 149.2
IRA JOHNSON – 148.2

JARED ANDERSON – 256.8
MARIOS KOLLIAS – 235.4

NIC0 ALI WALSH – 157.2
JUAN CARLOS GUERRA – 157.8

MIKAELA MAYER UD10 OVER SANDY RYAN

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.

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