Gervonta Davis (27-0, 25 KOs) stopped Rolando Romero (14-1, 12 KOs) with a single left hand in Round 6 of a scheduled 12-round lightweight bout Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
A full report will follow shortly.
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Erislandy Lara (29-3-3, 17 KOs) of Cuba stopped Gary O’Sullivan (31-5, 21 KOs) of Ireland 23 seconds into Round 8 of a scheduled 12-round middleweight bout on the Gervonta Davis-Rolando Romero card Saturday in Brooklyn.
Lara put O’Sullivan down in Round 4.
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Junior middleweight contender Jesus Ramos (19-0, 15 KOs) of Casa Grande, Arizona, defeated Luke Santamaria (13-3-1, 7 KOs) of Garden Grove, California by a unanimous decision on the Gervonta Davis-Rolando Romero card Saturday in Brooklyn.
The scores were 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93.
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Eduardo Ramriez (27-2-3, 12 KOs) of Mexico defeated Luis Melendez (17-2, 13 KOs) of Puerto Rico by a majority decision in a 10-round junior lightweight bout on the Gervonta Davis-Rolando Romero card Saturday in Brooklyn.
Two judges had Ramirez winning, 98-92 and 98-94. The third scored it 95-95.
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Lightweight contenders Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero will face off in a 12-round bout Saturday in Brooklyn on pay-per-view.
Boxing Junkie will post results of the featured bouts on the card immediately after they end. Simply return to this post when the time comes.
Also on the card: Erislandy Lara vs. Gary O’Sullivan, middleweights; Jesus Ramos vs. Luke Santamaria, junior middleweights; and Eduardo Ramirez vs. Luis Melendez, junior lightweights.
The televised/streamed portion of the card begins at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
Full coverage – a fight story, photo gallery and analysis – will follow on separate posts the night of the fight and the following day.
Enjoy the fights!