MIKAELA Mayer is the brand new WBO welterweight champion, defeating Sandy Ryan by a 10-round majority choice in New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard Theater. It was a hard-fought 20-minute affair, contested at a quick tempo. UK choose Bob Williams scored it even at 95-95, overruled by Benoit Roussel (96-94) and Waleska Roldan (97-93).
There was loads of beef between the pair within the lead-up as a consequence of a coach dispute. The stress ramped up as an unidentified assailant poured paint over Ryan in an unprovoked road assault.
Whereas Ryan was billed because the puncher, Mayer drew first blood with a tough proper hand within the opening spherical. Sandy was making the third defence of the world title towards an opponent who had received titles at decrease weights.
Ryan tried to shut the vary all evening, however was troubled by Mayer’s quick, lengthy levers. Mayer’s means to hit the goal shortly was the distinction in many of the nearer rounds. Working with veteran Al Mitchell and former professional Kofi Jantuah in her nook, Mayer suffered a reduce within the fifth and was briefly shocked in spherical six from a left hook. ESPN’s Mark Kriegel namechecked Barrera and Morales when revealing his scorecard in spherical 9.
Whereas Ryan tried to downplay the paint assault, she admitted it had left her “unsettled”. This was the Derby lady’s second professional loss as she dipped to 7-2-1 (3 KOs). The brand new champion improves to 20-2 (5 KOs). Sparkle Lee refereed the competition.
On the undercard, Xander Zayas shut down, outboxed and out-thought Damian Sosa over 10 rounds. The Puerto Rican prospect used his prepared opponent’s aggression to safe a 100-90 domination throughout all three playing cards.
Upset-minded Sosa had crushed an undefeated prospect in his final outing, however Zayas hammered head and physique, busting up and breaking down Sosa, who struggled to shut the vary and was respiratory closely by way of the center periods. Zayas is now 20-0 (12 KOs), whereas Sosa fell to 25-3 (12 KOs).
“An excessive amount of technical prowess,” stated Tim Bradley when assessing Zayas’ means to sew Sosa up.
Bruce Carrington defeated Sulaiman Segawa by majority choice after 10 rounds of powerful inspection. Two judges scored it 97-93 to the winner, whereas a 3rd had it even at 95-95. A seventh-round head conflict prompted a swelling bump on Carrington’s brow.
The Ugandan ‘Underdawg’ arrived in good kind, having defeated world title aspirant Ruben Villa. Carrington was made to work for his win, figuring out the southpaw’s early “chess match” strikes, as described by ESPN’s Tim Bradley, selecting high quality photographs to the physique over the space to prevail. Make no mistake, it was shut.
Enhancing to 13-0 (8 KOs), Carrington thanked Segawa, 17-5-1 (6 KOs), for an academic night’s work.
