Shakur Stevenson took a transparent unanimous choice victory on the Prudential Middle as he defended his WBC light-weight world title from Artem Harutyunyan.

Preventing in his Newark hometown, the American outboxed his challenger to win by scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 116-112 after 12 rounds.

The Armenian-born Germany-based Harutyunyan is a 2016 Olympic medallist however was coming into this battle after a close to year-long lay-off. Finally he couldn’t threaten Stevenson and was harm a number of instances by physique photographs.

“He is simply attempting to verify he survives,” Stevenson mentioned afterwards. “He is an excellent fighter. He is robust. He is robust. I might’ve wished him to attempt somewhat tougher, in order that means it may very well be a extra enjoyable battle.

“I’ve to chop off the ring a bit extra. He’d go a method after which go the opposite means, so I received to return within the fitness center and work on reducing off the ring.”

Harutyunyan mentioned: “After all it was enjoyable. Boxing shouldn’t be a recreation. You need to battle. You get hit and must hit again. It is regular.”

In a shock end result on the undercard Brazilian Olympic gold medallist Robson Conceicao defeated O’Shaquie Foster to win the WBC super-featherweight title.

It was Conceicao’s fourth try at profitable a world title and a break up choice went his means. Foster received 116-112 on one card, however the different two judges dominated it 116-112 and 115-113 for Conceicao.

“That is for my daughter. I promised this to my daughter, and I used to be in a position to fulfil that promise. I am the champion of the world,” Conceicao mentioned.

Foster bitterly disagreed with the end result. “I believed it was simple. I believed it was a simple battle. I did not get touched besides with a headbutt. I do not know, man,” he mentioned.

“I will be again. However I would like the rematch. They stole this from me. They stole this battle from me. I simply wished to point out the world I might bang it out, and if I wish to, I haven’t got to get touched. I assume it wasn’t ok for the judges.”

Keyshawn Davis overcame the strain and roughhouse techniques of Miguel Madueno to safe a unanimous choice win and enhance his report to 11-0.

Davis, an Olympic silver medallist from Norfolk, Virginia, stored calm and used well-timed counter-punches, triumphing 99-91 on all three scorecards.

The 2 tussled after the top of spherical six and within the seventh Madueno, 31-3 (28), lifted Davis clear off his toes.
Davis discovered his offensive groove within the ninth and tenth rounds and viciously out-landed Madueno.

“He is a tough kind of a man, an actual bodily kind of man,” Davis mentioned. “We have been doing a variety of tough techniques in there, simply attempting to get below one another’s pores and skin.

“We have been each robust in there, and neither of our wills received broke.”

Additionally on the undercard Cleveland prodigy Abdullah Mason knocked out Luis Lebron within the third spherical. Lebron had by no means been stopped earlier than however Mason made simple work of the Puerto Rican veteran.

Mason knocked Lebron down twice within the second spherical, first with an overhand left after which with a collection of proper hooks. The top was close to, and Lebron’s nook threw within the towel at 1-18 of the third to stop additional harm.

Mason mentioned: “I assume we fed him somewhat little bit of smoke, and he did not have the urge for food for it.”

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