Tonight sees the return of Lightweight super talent Keyshawn Davis who will top a superb card against Denys Berinchyk. The card sees two great prospects come up against each other to top the bill.
Keyshawn Davis seems like another in a long line off Lightweight American stars to take the USA by storm. Davis has only 12 fights under his belt but has looked like a star when the fights have came including a great litmus test in Gustavo Lemos. He beat Lemos via second round KO whilst knocking Lemos down twice in the round. Keyshawn hasn’t been shy in calling out the best of the best calling for fights with Teofimo Lopez and more of the Lightweight kings.
Denys Berinchyk on the other hand is 19-0 with a host of experience. Berinchyk’s big name win came against the great Emanuel Navarrete in his debut at Lightweight sending shockwaves down the Lightweight world. Berinchyk comes from a royal level amateur background fighting in the Ukrainian team with Vasily Lomachenko and Usyk. Berinchyk is also known for his wonderful and weird costumes when commencing his ring walks even coming out as Hulk and Mario.
The top of the card has been a very feisty battle with multiple shoving matches at face offs. The final of the face offs came with Berinchyk lightly pushing Davis off the stage causing the two to be separated by many across the stage.
The two will face off for Berinchyk’s WBO World Lightweight title.
The Undercard-
Co-Main sees Puerto Rican talent Xander Zayas take on Slawa Spomer for the WBO NABO Super Welterweight title and North American Boxing Federation title. Both will be also putting there undefeated records on the line (both 20-0).
Jared Anderson also returns after his loss to Martin Bakole last year. He now faces Marios Kollias (12-3-1).
The remainder of the card is as follows-
Denys Berinchyk (19-0) Vs Keyshawn Davis (12-0)- Keyshawn Davis Via TKO in Round 4
Xander Zayas (20-0) Vs Slawa Spomer (20-0)- Xander Zayas Via TKO in Round 9
Vito Mielnicki (20-1) Vs Connor Coyle (21-0)- Majority Draw Decision
Juanmita Lopez De Jesus (Debut) Vs Bryan Santiago (1-1-1)- Juanmita Lopez De Jesus Via KO Round 1
Abdullah Mason (16-0) Vs Manuel Jaimes (16-2-1)- Abdullah Mason Via KO Round 4
Rohan Polanco (14-0) Vs Jean Carlos Torres(22-1)- Polanco Via KO Round 2
Keon Davis (1-0) Vs Ira Johnson (3-2)- Keon Davies Via TKO Round 2
Jared Anderson Vs Marios Kollias (12-3-1)- Jared Anderson Via Unanimous Decision
Nico Ali Walsh (10-1) Vs Juan Carlos Guerra Jr (5-1-1)- Juan Carlos Guerra Via Split Decision
LIVE Results:
Official Result- Keyshawn Davis Defeats Denys Berinchyk Via 4th Round TKO
Keyshawn Davis demolishes Denys Berinchyk with a massive left hook TKO to become the new WBO Lightweight world champion. Berinchyk not offering much in the way of boxing resistance just trying to lure Davis into a dog fight. To Keyshawn’s credit he didn’t take the bait and completely destroyed Berinchyk with some powerful work to the body.
A new star in boxing has been born. Welcome world champion Keyshawn Davis !
Round 4-
Berinchyk’s nose pouring out of the nose with the corner unable to get a handle on it between rounds. Berinchyk looking very unstable. Keyshawn Davis catches Berinchyk with a massive left hook knocking the Ukrainian down and finishing the fight.
Round 3-
Keyshawn lands a huge but unconventional body shot knocking Berinchyk to the ground classing it as the first knockdown of Berinchyk’s career.
Round 2-
Second sees both fighters warned for grabbing and more ugly tussling. Berinchyk caught Davis with a strong left hook but no real damage, Berinchyk wants to bring Davis into a dogfight.
Round 1-
An expectedly awkward first round for both with Berinchyk falling to the ground after some tussling but neither fighter putting a mark on the round.
Denys Berinchyk is known for his outlandish ring walks and tonights no different coming with an ode to the film, The Gentlemen, by coming out with costumes reflecting the characters in the film.
Official Result- Xander Zayas Defeats Slawa Spomer Via TKO in Round 9
1st round looked like a long night for Spomer who had his nose blown right open spilling blood but rallied back under the advice of trainer Roy Jones Jr. Low blow in 4th no point deducted but the pace was picked up by Zayas in the 4th who put really pressure on Spomer who then caught Zayas at the end of the round. Round 5 saw another low blow called by referee Charlie Fitch on Zayas but with no point deduction due to the closeness of the shot. Xander Zayas then puts it all on Spomer forcing referee Fitch to intervene stopping the fight in the 9th.
Spomer and his corner argued the stoppage but when Spomer needed a KO to win and looked like he was draining, it was the right call.
Zaya’s will now look towards a world title fight.
Official Result- Vito Mielnicki Vs Connor Coyle Ends In A Majority Draw Decision
Coyle survived a cut above the eye early in the fight. Round 7 saw Coyle buzzed by Mielnicki Jr and the nose being opened up with blood coming out. Round 8 Coyle came back with a vengeance landing on Mielnicki summing up how 50/50 this fight was. Both swinging right until the bell called a close to the bout.
Coyle stays unbeaten. Mielnicki looked solid in his Middleweight debut.
Official Result- Juanmita Lopez De Jesus Defeats Via KO in the 1st Round
De Jesus clears out Santiago with a massive left hook KO in the very first minute of the first round.
Juanmita Lopez De Jesus was given a prime spot on the MSG card for his debut and showed exactly why Top Rank have signed such a talent.
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Official Result- Abdullah Mason Defeats Manuel Jaimes Via KO in the 4th Round
Mason knocked Jaimes in the 2nd round with a sharp left uppercut. Mason continued the assault in the 3rd round knocking Jaimes down again with a right hook followed by a strong left uppercut. The 4th round saw a standing count for Jaimes followed up with Mason finishing the fight with a huge KO.
Mason continues a stellar start to his career.
Official Result- Rohan Polanco Defeats Jean Carlos Torres Via KO in the 2nd Round
Polanco knocked down Torres in the very 1st round then again in the 2nd and putting him down for a final time in the middle of the 2nd. Polanco wins in a more than dominant fashion.
Official Result- Keon Davis Defeats Ira Johnson Via TKO In the 2nd Round
Keon Davis dominates start to finish and makes Ira Johnson quit midway through the 2nd round after knocking him down early in that round.
Official Result- Jared Anderson Defeats Marios Kollias Via Unanimous Decision
Anderson limps to a Unanimous decision win over Kollias. Anderson put a unimpressive performance especially compared to his standards pre Bakole despite this Anderson knocked Kollias down in the 10th and final round.
Has Martin Bakole knocked the best from Jared Anderson?
Official Result- Juan Carlos Guerra Jr Defeats Nico Ali Walsh Via Split Decision
Guerra hands Ali Walsh a second and potentially a final loss of his career after a less than impressive performance from Walsh. Ali Walsh has also admitted to rejecting a massive payday from MVP to fight Jake Paul.
“Before this fight, I denied a multi-million dollar contract from MVP promotions to fight Jake Paul … I’m not a part of that circus league of boxing.”
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