Undefeated WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) held onto his title with a twelve-round unanimous choice over a surprisingly powerful Artem Harutyunyan (13-2, 7 KOs) in the primary occasion on Saturday evening on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey.
A Subdued Environment on the Prudential Middle
Shakur’s followers remained deathly quiet all through the combat, not often cheering and searching upset at what they had been watching.
The victory wasn’t the spectacular efficiency that Stevenson wanted for the ultimate combat of his contract with Prime Rank. He had needed to get a knockout over Harutyunyan to open the doorways and be supplied a terrific deal as a free agent.
The judges’ scores had been 119-109, 118-110, and 116-112. Boxing 247 scored it 8-4 for Shakur.
A Struggle Missing Fireworks
Shakur primarily fought flat-footed and was on the assault the whole second half of the combat. Nevertheless, he couldn’t get sufficient energy on his photographs to harm Harutyunyan or sluggish him down.
The punches that Shakur that appeared to trouble Harutyunyan probably the most had been those to the physique. He didn’t like these and was typically on the run after being hit with a tough one from Shakur.
Harutyunyan fought effectively within the first three rounds and appeared to dominate Shakur throughout that portion of the combat. After the third spherical, nonetheless, Harutyunyan started to tire out, sweating profusely and searching pink within the face.
He didn’t assist himself by transferring so much, however he seemed snug from the physique photographs with which Shakur was hitting him. Harutyunyan got here again and fought effectively within the twelfth spherical, however he was too far behind to make up the rating and wanted a knockout.
Robson Conceicao upsets O’Shaquie Foster
The gifted Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição (19-2-1, 9 KOs) defeated WBC tremendous featherweight O’Shaquie Foster (22-3-1, 12 KOs) by a twelve-round cut up choice. Conceicao was the busier fighter all through the combat, so it’s not a shock that he gained.
Not less than they didn’t rob Conceicao once more, as he deserved wins towards Oscar Valdez and Emanuel Navarrete. The scores had been 116-112, 115-113 for Conceição, and 116-112 for Foster.
Keyshawn Davis defeats Miguel Madueno
Undefeated light-weight contender Keyshawn Davis (11-0, 7 KOs) beat Miguel Madueno (31-3, 28 KOs) by an unsightly ten-round unanimous choice. Madueno took the combat to Keyshawn within the early rounds, hitting him with laborious photographs in shut.
Combating Madueno’s energy and stress, Keyshawn centered on holding, wrestling, and roughhouse ways from the fifth spherical. Keyshawn grabbed in a bear hug every time he obtained shut sufficient to land, making the combat unwatchable. Watching the efficiency from Keyshawn, 25, it was laborious to consider he gained a silver medal within the 2020 Olympics.
The scores had been 99-91, 99-91, and 99-91.
Abdullah Mason destroys Luis Lebron
The one shiny shining mild on tonight’s dreary ESPN card was light-weight contender Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs), who stole the present with a third-round knockout over Luis Lebron (20-6-1, 13 KOs).
Mason knocked Lebron down twice in spherical two and completed him with a physique shot within the third. The time of the stoppage was at 1:18.
With how Abdullah Mason carried out, I’d favor him over Shakur Stevenson and Keyshawn Davis. He’s a a lot better fighter than these two and the one one with an actual likelihood of turning into a bonafide star.
