Shakur Stephenson earned a clear unanimous determination victory on the Prudential Middle in defending his WBC light-weight world title towards Artem Harutyunyan.
Preventing in his hometown of Newark, the American outboxed his opponent and gained 119-109, 118-110 and 116-112 after 12 rounds.
A local of Armenia who lives in Germany, Harutyunyan is a 2016 Olympic medalist, however entered this battle after nearly a yr off. He was in the end unable to threaten Stevenson and was shot a number of instances within the physique.
“He is simply making an attempt to ensure he survives,” Stevenson stated afterward. “He is an efficient fighter. He’s merciless. He’s sturdy. I want he would have tried slightly more durable to make the battle extra fascinating in that case.
“I’ve to chop the ring off slightly extra. It was going a technique after which the opposite, so I’ve obtained to get again within the fitness center and work on slicing the ring off.”
Harutyunyan stated: “In fact it was enjoyable. Boxing is just not a sport. We now have to battle. You get hit and should hit again. It is regular.”
On account of the shock, the Brazilian Olympic gold medalist is on the undercard Robson Conceicao defeated O’Shakey Foster to win the WBC super-bantamweight title.
It was Conceicao’s fourth try at a world title, and he gained by break up determination. Foster gained 116-112 on one card, however two different judges scored it 116-112 and 115-113 for Conceicao.
“That is for my daughter. I promised my daughter this and I used to be in a position to preserve that promise. I am a world champion,” stated Conceicao.
Foster strongly disagreed with the outcome. “I assumed it was straightforward. I assumed the battle was straightforward. I did not get hit aside from a headbutt. I do not know, man,” he stated.
“I will be again. However I desire a rematch. They stole that from me. They stole that battle from me. I simply needed to indicate the world that I can get it and if I need to, I haven’t got it. I assume it was not ok for the judges.”
Keeshon Davis overcame stress and tough ways c Miguel Maduena to safe the unanimous determination victory and enhance his document to 11-0.
Davis, an Olympic silver medalist from Norfolk, Va., saved his composure and used well-timed counters to earn a 99-91 victory on all three scorecards.
The 2 fought after the top of the sixth spherical, and within the seventh Madouena, 31-3 (28), lifted Davis from his ft.
Davis discovered his offensive groove within the ninth and tenth rounds and brutally outworked Madouen.
“He is a gritty kind of man, an actual gritty kind of man,” Davis stated. “We used plenty of tough ways there, simply making an attempt to get underneath one another’s pores and skin.
“We had been each robust on the market and neither of our wills broke.”
Additionally on the undercard is the Cleveland wunderkind Abdullah Mason knocked out Louis LeBron within the third spherical. LeBron had by no means been stopped earlier than, however Mason simply dealt with the Puerto Rican veteran.
Mason knocked LeBron down twice within the second spherical, first with a left uppercut after which with a collection of proper hooks. It was nearing the top and LeBron threw within the towel on a 1-18 third to forestall additional injury.
Mason stated, “I assume we fed him slightly smoke and he did not have an urge for food for it.”
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