You may add the names of junior middleweight Xander Zayas and featherweight Bruce Carrington to the limitless checklist of world champions below the High Rank banner.
High Rank Boxing was reside from the world’s most well-known Enviornment, Madison Sq. Backyard, on Saturday evening.
It was a stacked card that featured boxing’s strongest promotional agency on the final occasion of their lengthy ESPN deal, with red-hot Puerto Rican star Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) in the principle occasion as he seemed to seize his first world title on the age of twenty-two.
Zayas was taking over Mexican banger Jorge Garcia (33-5, 26 KOs) for the vacant WBO junior middleweight world championship.
Within the co-feature, it was Brooklyn native Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (16-0, 9 KOs, ranked No. 1 by the WBC, and WBO, No. 2 by the WBA, and No. 4 by the IBF) up towards unbeaten Namibian Mateus Heita (14-1, 9 KOs) for the WBC interim featherweight world title.
The primary broadcast opener noticed Mexican/American prospect, and potential boxing celebrity, Emiliano Fernando Vargas (15-0, 13 KOs) towards Ecuador’s Alexander Espinoza in a 140-pound conflict.
Different fighters of word on the cardboard had been Puerto Rican star Juanmita Lopez De Jesus, son of former world champion Juan Manuel Lopez, and the professional debut of newbie sensation Julius ‘JuJu’ Ballo.
Earlier than the fights, the principle occasion gamers had been assured of success and seemed to depart Gotham Metropolis with a world title of their possession.
“This can be a dream I’ve labored laborious for my total life”, mentioned Zayas, High Rank’s youngest signing at 16 years outdated. “However I’m prepared to lift the Puerto Rican flag excessive in victory and change into a world champion”.
However Garcia, the opposite participant in the principle occasion, the Puerto Rico-Mexico rivalry, had different concepts.
“Changing into a world champion is my dream, and I’m able to make it come true with a dominant win over Xander Zayas. Mexico could have a brand new champion”, he mentioned.
Predominant Occasion –
Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) outboxed Jorge “Chino” Garcia (33-5, 26 KOs) to seize the vacant WBO junior middleweight title. Garcia confirmed nuts and guts and had a number of moments, however Zayas was one step forward all evening. Velocity, angles and a greater work price allowed Zayas to choose up the win over a recreation Garcia.
After the battle, Zayas mentioned, “This can be a dream come true, that is superb. I might by no means dream of something higher than this”.
Semi-Predominant –
New York’s personal, Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (16-0, 9 KOs) scored a UD 12 over WBC #11 Mateus Heita (14-1, 9 KOs) to seize the vacant WBC interim world title. Carrington was in management in a workman-like battle. Scores had been 119-109, 119-109, 120-108.
After the battle, Carrington was calling out the opposite gamers at 126 kilos.
“I’m prepared, I’ve been calling out the champions”, he mentioned. “I see Espinoza within the crowd, I wish to battle him, I wish to battle Nick Ball, I would like Steven Fulton”.
Rising junior welterweight celebrity, Emiliano Vargas (15-0, 13 KOs) drilled Alexander Espinoza (20-4-1, 9 KOs) within the 1st spherical. Vargas impresses each day out.
After the battle, he paid homage to his father and coach, Fernando Vargas.
“I’m only a Mexican child attempting to make it to the highest”, he mentioned. “If I will be half as nice as my father was, I’ll be nice”, he mentioned.
Undercard
Welterweight – Rohan Polanco UD 10 Quinton Randall
Junior Bantamweight – Juanmita Lopez De Jesus KO 1 Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez
Featherweight -UD 10 Yan Santana vs. Aaron Alameda
Junior Bantamweight – Steven Navarro W UD 8 Cristopher Rios
Featherweight – Julius Ballo UD 4 Brandan Ayala
