A gigantic-looking Keyshawn Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) stopped WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk (19-1, 9 KOs) in round four on Friday night in their headliner at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City.
Keyshawn dropped Berinchyk with body shots in rounds three and forth. The fight was halted at the 1:40 mark. There were too much size differences between them. Keyshawn literally looked three divisions bigger than Berinchyk. Withyout a rehydration clause to keep the fight fair, it was too much size between them.
“There are two lightweight champions I would love to fight. Tell them to send the contracts,” said Keyshawn.
“He is the next face of boxing,” said Tim Bradley about Keyshwn.
Tonight’s Undercard Results
Highly ranked junior middleweight contender Xander Zayas (21-0, 13 KOs) stopped Slawa Spomer (20-1, 11 KOs) in the ninth round with what appeared to be a premature ending by the referee. The ref, Charlie Fitch, waved it off after Zayas hurt Spomer with a body shot and then unloaded with a flurry of shots while he was against the ropes. Spomer looked fine and was still fighting back at the stoppage. The time was at 2:01.
in the chief support bout. Zayas, 22, hurt Spomer with a left to the body in the ninth. He then followed up with a barrage of body shots, resulting in the referee, Charlie Fitch, stopping the contest. The time was at 2:01 mark.
Middleweights Vito Mielnicki Jr (20-1-1, 12 KOs) and Connor Coyle (21-0-1, 9 KOs) battled to a questionable 10-round draw in the first fight on the main card. Coyle landed the cleaner, harder shots in every round and looked like he’d done enough to deserve the win. The scores were 96-94 for Mielnicki Jr, 95-95Â and 95-95.
Lightweight contender Abdullah Mason (17-0, 15 KOs) put in the performance of the night, knocking down the game Manuel Jaimes (16-3-1, 11 KOs) four times en route to a fourth-round technical knockout. The time was at 1:55 of the fourth. Jaimes hit the deck in rounds two, three, and twice in the fourth. After the fight, Mason said his focus is on fighting for a world title.
Unbeaten welterweight prospect Rohan Polanco (15-0, 10 KOs) made short work of Jean Carlos Torres (22-2, 17 KOs), knocking him out in the second round. Polanco dropped Torres once in rounds one and two. The referee stepped in and stopped the fight after Torres was staggered by a combination from Polanco in the second. The time of the stoppage was at the 1:40 mark.
Welterweight prospect Keon Davis (2-0, 1 KO) looked like gold tonight, scoring a second-round KO of Ira Johnson (3-3, 2 KOs). Keon, 23, knocked Johndown twice with big shots in the second round. The referee then counted him out. The time of the stoppage was at 1:38 of round two.
Heavyweight Jared Anderson (17-1, 15 KOs) boxed his way to a 10-round unanimous decision win against Marios Kollias (12-4-1, 10 KOs) in a confidence booster. Surprisingly, Kollias had Anderson on the verge of being knocked out in the final seconds of round ten. The bell saved the 25-year-old Anderson from being knocked out. Earlier in the round, a tired-looking Jared had thrown Kollias to the canvas using a wrestling move in what appeared to be done to buy himself some time to rest. The judges’ scores were 99-91, 99-91 and 98-92.
Middleweight Juan Carlos Guerra Jr (6-1-1, 2 KOs) defeated Nico Ali Walsh (10-2, 5 KOs) by a six-round split decision. Walsh made a mistake of moving throughout the six-round fight, allowing Guerra Jr. to follow him and load up on big shots. Walsh lacked power due to his movement. It looked like he was afraid to stand his ground and fight, even though he faced a non-puncher. The judges’ scores were 58-56, 58-56 for Guerra Jr., and 58-56 for Walsh.
