Shakur Stevenson vs. Robson Conceicao: LIVE round-by-round analysis, results, full coverage
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ROUND 1
Mostly a feel-out, get-year-range round. Both guys jabbed some and threw power shots here and there, but not much landed. Stevenson, a southpaw, connected on a few straight lefts. One appears to get Conceicao’s attention.
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Minutes away from the main event. The fighters are in the ring.
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Lightweight prospect Keyshawn Davis of Norfolk, Virginia, stopped veteran Omar Tienda at 1:38 of Round 5 of a scheduled eight-round bout.
Davis (6-0, 5 KOs) outclassed Tienda (25-6, 18 KOs) with his superior boxing skills for four-plus rounds. Then, midway through the fifth, he put Tienda down with a right to the side of the head.
The Mexican was able to get up but was greeted with a flurry of hard punches that forced referee Earl Brown to stop the fight.
Davis won a silver medal in the 2020 Olympics in Japan, which took place last year because of the COVID pandemic.
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Unbeaten 130-pound contender Henry Lebron (16-0, 10 KOs) of Puerto Rico defeated Andy Vences (23-4-1, 12 KOs) of San Jose, California, by a unanimous decision in an eight-round bout.
The scores were 80-72, 79-73 and 78-74.
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Shakur Stevenson lost his 130-pound titles on the scale Thursday but the rising young star will still face Robson Conceicao tonight (Friday) in Newark, New Jersey, Stevenson’s home town.
The now-vacant WBC and WBO belts will be on the line only for Conceicao.
Also on the card, 130-pound contender Henry Lebron will face Andy Vences in a scheduled eight-rounder. And 2020 Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Johnson will fight Omar Bahena in a scheduled eight-round 135-pound bout.
The card begins at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. The main event will take place later in the show.
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