NEWARK, NJ–Shakur Stevenson retained the WBC Lightweight Title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Artem Harutyunanyan in front of 8,412 fans at The Prudential Center in Newark.
Stevenson and Harutyunyan each took turns pushing the pace with Stevenson countering very nicely. Late in the fight, Stevenson started to break down Harutyunyan with a body assault. Stevenson was never testes and coasted to the victory by scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 116-112.
Stevenson landed 170 of 446 punches. Harutyunyan was 74 of 423.
Stevenson, 134.1 lbs of Newark, NJ is 22-0. Harutyunyan, 134.8 lbs of Hamburg, GER is 12-2.
Stevenson
“It’s kind of hard to prove it if you don’t have a fighter who wants to fight back. He’s just trying to make sure he survives. He’s a good fighter. He’s tough. He’s strong. I would’ve wanted him to try a little harder, so that way it could be a more fun fight.”
“I have to cut off the ring a bit more. He’d go one way and then go the other way, so I gotta go back in the gym and work on cutting off the gym.”
“I think the boos were because of him. He didn’t try to make the fight.”
“We’ll see {what’s next}. Like I said, I want to fight the best fighters in boxing. That’s how you’ll see the best version of me. Put me in the ring with somebody else who wants to fight back and compete. That’s when you’ll get the best out of me.”
Harutyunyan
“Of course it was fun. Boxing is not a game. You have to fight. You get hit and have to hit back. It’s normal.”
“He belongs with the top fighters in this weight category, like me also.”
Conceicao Decisions Foster to Win Junior Lightweight Title
In his fourth try, at a world title, Robson Conceicao won the WBC Junior Lightweight title with a debatable 12-rpund split decision over defending champion O’Shaquie Foster.
The fight was void of sustainable action as neither fighter seized control. Fioster out landed Conceicao 109 (of 435)-78 (of 701), but the two of the three judges saw the fight for the Brazilian challenger 116-112 and 115-113. A third judge saw it 115-113 for Foster.
Conceicao, 129.5 lbs of Bahia, BRA is 19-2-1. Foster, 128.8 lbs of Ornage, TEX is 22-3.
CONCEICAO
“This is for my daughter. I promised this to my daughter, and I was able to fulfill that promise. I’m the champion of the world.”
“I do think I won the fight. I landed way more. He didn’t come to fight. He was running and running. I was the winner.”
FOSTER
“I thought it was shutout. I don’t know.”
“I don’t know, man. I thought it was easy. I thought it was an easy fight. I didn’t get touched except with a headbutt. I don’t know, man.”
“I’ll be back. But I want the rematch. They stole this from me. They stole this fight from me. I just wanted to show the world I could bang it out, and if I want to, I don’t have to get touched. I guess it wasn’t good enough for the judges.”
Keyshawn Davis Decisions Madueno
Keyshawn Davis remained undefeated with a 10-round unanimous decision over Miguel Madueno in a lightweight bout.
It was a foul filled fight, but no points were taken away.
Davis landed 194 of 398 punches. Madueno was 63 of 461.
Davis, 134.8 lbs of Norfolk, VA won by scores of 99-91 on all cards and is now 11-0. Maduwno, 134.7 lbs of Mexico is now 31-3.
Keyshawn Davis
“He’s a rough type of a guy, a real physical type of guy. We were doing a lot of rough tactics in there, just trying to get under each other’s skin.”
“ We were both tough in there, and neither of our wills got broke.”
“I know {WBO lightweight champion} Denys Berinchyk mentioned my name. I’m definitely targeting Berinchyk.”
Abdullah Mason Destroys Luis LeBron in 3
Abdullah Mason took out Luis LeBron in round three of their eight-round lightweight bout.
In round two, Mason dropped Lebron with a hard left. With the face of Lebron bloodied, Mason dropped Lebron again with a right hook to the top of the head. In round three, Mason continued to pour it on as he landed a ripping combination that forced a stoppage at 1:18.
Mason, 134.8 lbs of Cleveland is 14-0 with 12 knockouts. LeBron, 135.8 lbs of San Juan, PR is 20-4-1.
“I guess we fed him a little bit of smoke, and he didn’t have the appetite for it.”
What’s next
“A lot of people say they’re ready to fight, but are they? Do they want the smoke?”
Eridson Garcia won a 10-round unanimous decision over William Foster III in a junior lightweight bout.
Garcia, 130.7 lbs of Santo Domingo, DR won by scores of 99-91 twice and 98-92 and is now 19-1. Foster, 130.4 lbs of New Haven, CT is 17-2.
Keith Colon stopped Hunter Turbyfill in round two of their four-round featherweight bout.
In round two, Colon dropped Trbyfill with a hard combination to the body. Turbyfill was reeling and a blistering flurry of punches ended the fight at 2:03.
Colon, 125.3 lbs of Newark is 1-0 with one knockout. Turblyfill, 124.1 lbs of Memphis, TN is 4-2.
Kelvin Davis won an eight-round majority decision over Kevin Johnson in a junior middleweight bout.
Davis, 142.9 lbs of Norfolk, VA won by scores of 78-73 twice and 76-76 and is now 13-0. Johnson, 142.9 lbs of Detroit is 12-4.
Ali Feliz remained undefeated with a four-round unanimous decision over Robinson Perez in a heavyweight bout.
In round three, Perez was cut around the right eye.
Feliz, 219.5 lbs of Danbury, CT won by scores of 40-36 on all cards and is now 3-0. Perez, 245.1 lbs of Southbridge, MA is 2-1.
