WBO World Female Welterweight Champion Sandy Ryan, who was defending for the third time against 2016 Olympian and former IBF and WBO Super Featherweight champion, Mikaela Mayer, lost her title in ten rounds on Friday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. .
In a co-main event, NABF and WBO NABO Super Welterweight champion Xander Zayas defeated former WBO Latino Super Welterweight champion Damian ‘Samurai’ Sosa with a good body attack, winning a ten-round unanimous decision.
Sandy Ryan (7-2-1, 3 KOs) lost by majority decision to 2016 Olympian and former IBF and WBO Super Featherweight champion Mayer (20-2, 5 KOs) by a ten-round majority decision.
In the first round Ryan used a nice hard jab and Mayer landed a knee to the chin. In the second round Ryan followed Mayer into the ring and fought Mayer.
In the third round, Ryan ended the round with hard rights to the chin, taking the round. Mayer scored half a dozen unanswered in the fourth round midway through Ryan. In the final seconds, Mayer landed a hard right to the chin of Ryan.
In the fifth round, both had their moments. The last right was Mayer to the chin of Ryan. Mayer’s left eye showed swelling. Midway through the sixth round, Ryan landed a hard left hook on Mayer’s chin, forcing him to hold it. Ryan finished the round the stronger of the two.
In the seventh round they traded rights to each other’s chin. In the final seconds Ryan was better. In the last minute of the eighth Mayer landed a right to the chin that rocked Ryan. Then in the final seconds another right followed by a left to the chin of Ryan.
In the ninth round, Ryan landed some hard rights to the chin. In the final seconds, Mayer rocked Ryan’s head back with a right to the chin. In the tenth and final round, both had moments where Ryan landed hard rights to the chin while Mayer countered with a right to Ryan’s chin. In the end, it was anyone’s decision.
The scores were 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94.
In a co-main event, Xander Zayas (20-0, 12 KOs) defeated former WBO Latino Super Welter champion Damian ‘Samurai’ Sosa (25-3, 12 KOs) via a 10-round decision.
Zayas used an effective body attack in the first two rounds, and Sosa did not return a single body shot. Zayas rocked Sosa with a left hook to the chin in the final minute of the third round. In the final seconds, Zayas landed a solid chinlock.
In the final seconds of the fifth round, Sosa finally put his hand on the chin of Zayas, who had won all five rounds. In the eighth round, Zayas landed multiple body shots to the solar plexus in the midsection. In the final seconds, Zayas landed a right to Sosa’s chin.
In the ninth round, Zayas continued to knock out Sosa, taking another round. In the tenth and final round, Zayas continued to dominate Sosa, who was disappointed with his performance. The scores were 100-90, 100-90, and 100-90.
NABF, WBC Silver, WBO Inter-Continental Featherweight champion Bruce ‘Shu Shu’ Carrington (13-0, 8 KOs) won a 10-round majority decision over southpaw Sulaiman Segawa (17- 5-1, 6 KOs). The scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 95-95.
WBA Continental Americas and WBC USA junior middleweight champion Vito ‘White Majic’ Mielnicki, Jr. (20-1, 12 KOs) defeated Khalil ‘Arabetto’ El Harraz (16-6-1, 2 KOs) by majority decision in ten rounds.
El Harraz was the bully in the first two rounds, with Mielnicki countering well. In the third round, Melnick started going to the body, taking the round. In the fourth round, Mielnicki’s trainer, Ronnie Shields, encouraged him to be aggressive and go physical, and he did.
From the fifth to the eighth round, Mielnicki went back to being the fighter, while El Harraz went back to being the bully. In the ninth round, referee Charlie Fitch warned El Harraz for an intentional headbutt. He was a bully most of the time.
Both had moments in the tenth and final round, with El Harras being the aggressor.
The scores were 95-95, 100-90, and 98-92.
IBF No. 8 ranked light welterweight southpaw Elvis ‘The Dominican Kid’ Rodriguez (17-1-1, 13 KOs) defeated heavyweight Kendo Castaneda (21-7, 9 KOs) by ten round unanimous decision.
In the first three rounds, Rodriguez outclassed Castaneda. In the fourth round, Rodriguez continued to knock down Castaneda mainly to the body. In the final minute of the fifth round, Rodriguez’s hook tore open Castaneda’s left eyelid.
In the eighth round, Castaneda landed a right to the nose, prompting Rodriguez to come back with a good attack. In the final minute of the ninth round, the cut on Castaneda’s right eyelid reopened, causing blood to flow down the side of his face. In the tenth and final round, Rodriguez’s eyelid swelled shut, and Castaneda ended up taking the round.
The scores are 100-90, 100-90, and 99-91.
Light welterweight Olympian Delante ‘Tiger’ Johnson (14-0, 6 KOs) defeated Yomar ‘The Majic’ Alamo (22-3-1, 13 KOs) via an eight-round unanimous decision.
The first round was all Alamo, with Johnson doing little as he moved around the ring. In the second round, Johnson started using his jab. In the final minute, Alamo hurt Johnson with a right, which kept him stuck to the metal for most of the time.
In the fourth round, Johnson landed a right to Alamo’s chin and caught him at the last minute. In the fifth round, Johnson pushed Alamo into the ropes and caught him with a warning from referee Charlie Fitch. At the end of the round, Alamo finished strong.
In the seventh and eighth rounds, Johnson did enough to win.
The scores were 78-74, 78-74 and 77-75
Light welterweight Olympian Rohan ‘El Rayo’ Polanco (14-0, 9 KOs) stopped Marcelino ‘Nino’ Nicolas Lopez (37-5-1, 20 KOs) at 2:08 of the round the sixth of the ten scheduled rounds, he scored four. knockdowns.
In the first two rounds, it was all Polanco with some good body attacks and a little return from Lopez. Polanco was warned for a slight blow by referee Eddie Claudio.
Referee Claudio failed to talk to Polanco about knocking him down in the third round without warning. With eleven seconds left, Polanco countered Lopez’s miss with a right uppercut to the chin, and Lopez went down and scored eight points from referee Claudio.
In the fourth round, Polanco landed a combination to the chin, and Lopez backed off and took a knee just under a minute into another 8-count from referee Claudio. After the round, Lopez’s corner complained to Referee Claudio for not calling low blows.
In the sixth round, just over one minute in, a right from Lopez to the chin caused Lopez to kneel for another 8-count from referee Claudio. With less than a minute left, a left hook to the chin from Polanco and Lopez took another knee, causing referee Claudio to wave it off.
Bantamweight Floyd ‘Cashflow’ Diaz (13-0, 3 KOs) defeated Mario ‘Mighty’ Hernandez (12-5-1, 4 KOs) by eight-round decision.
In four rounds, Diaz faced more of his jab as Hernandez backed him up. In the fifth round, Diaz dropped Hernandez with a counter to the chin in the 8 count of referee Eddie Claudio. Hernandez was able to get through the round, fighting with great speed.
In the sixth and seventh rounds, Hernandez in the middle started to become the aggressor, Diaz countered. (Diaz’s trainer and girlfriend’s trainer who should be in the audience, not in the corner) encouraged Diaz throughout.
In the eighth and final round, Hernandez took Diaz’s mouth out. Hernandez did enough to win the round.
The scores were 78-73, 78-73 and 77-74.
Mark Shunock was the ring announcer.
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