There was a great energy and anticipation that was in the air as Top Rank Boxing Presented a thrilling fight night card all leading to Xander Zayas taking on Jorge Garcia.
Featuring a night were every single person that was on the card had themselves a chance to shine, the future of boxing is bright thanks to the fights that took place on July 26.
The tone of the night got started with the Pro Debut victory for Julius Ballo as he was able to gain a Unanimous Decision Win.
Brandan Ayala for sure made a name for himself on this night and is going to be a fighter to watch for in the sport of boxing.
Then the fight night continued by the first of six Championship Fights taking place as Steven Navarro defended his Junior NABF Jr. Bantamweight Title against Cristopher Rios.
This was another star making performance for both, though Navarro retained his belt with a very close score of 77-75, 77-75, 77-75.
Those in attendance got a treat in the Yan Santana and Aaron Alameda fight, as those that were aware of the fact that Yan was hoping to get himself a shot at Bruce Carrington with a victory on this night.
Yan followed through and won the second belt of the night the NABO Featherweight Title, with an Unanimous Decision, but for sure those that follow the sport may say to keep an eye on Alameda as he put on a great showing.
During the course of the fight week events the fighters that caught the eyes of the fans were Juanmita Lopez De Jesus and Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez as the warriors put on a verbal display.
That display continued on fight night as Lopez De Jesus called his shot and finished that by KOing Gonzalez-Sanchez in the second round.
Fans of the Dominican Republic and the supporters of Rohan Polanco got to see their favorite in action and defend the WBO Intercontinential Welterweight Title in an impressive bout versus Quinton Randall.
Credit to Randall for getting his name on the map against Polanco as for sure the Texas fighter is going to be one to watch.
El General Emiliano Fernando Vargas put on a show and made his name known to the boxing fans in NYC with a first round KO against Alexander Espinoza.
Vargas bringing in a bit of Floyd Mayweather to the fight night, by bringing in a pull counter right hand to gain the victory.
The biggest question is how big of a star can Emiliano be? Thus far Vargas with an incredible 15-0 and 13 KO record, with also KOing Juan Leon and putting on an impressive reel of KO bouts thus far.
With his father Fernando Vargas on his side and other guiding the career of the second generation star the future is going to be a bright one that is for sure.
Then it was time for the co-main event as Carrington took on a very game Mateus Heita. With Shu Shu looking to show the African born star and the world how special he can be, there is a ton of credit to be given to Heita as he put on an impressive display on this night.
At the end though it was Shu Shu winning the WBC Interim Featherweight World Title by Unanimous Decision.
Fans are encouraged to view our photo gallery of the fight night below….photos by: 1495Sports
Carrington now an ambassador for Ring Magazine is going to have a ton of fighters to choose from for his next fight, including Santana.
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During the fight night one of the fighters being called into action for a possibly rivalry was Rafael Espinoza.
Espinoza in attendance to watch the night of fights seemed like he was ready for the challenge of Carrington, and all of social media is a buzz as there are others that Shu Shu is responding to the call of.
Most recently Carrington responded to a post by Stephen Fulton Jr. for an opportunity to go at it in the squared circle.
It’ll be epic to see who is going to be next for Carrington as he looks to be the one to take over the sport of boxing.
This fight night for Top Rank was a very special one as they had a ton of celebs in attendance that night. They had movie star Rosie Perez in attendance, they also had Richard Torrez Jr. and Tiger Johnson.
Also in attendance was Amanda Serrano as she was there to support her fellow Puerto Rican in Xander Zayas in the Main Event.
Serrano coming back to MSG after her history making trilogy match against Katie Taylor as they along with every single woman in that fight night made history in becoming the first ever all women fight night that was held by MVP Promotions and got greeted with a great cheer by the crowd in the Theater.
Then the fight night concluded with probably one of the more memorable Main Events in Zayas taking on Garcia.
Between the action between the warriors and the reaction by those in attendance, that Main Event is going to hopefully be one that stands the test of time.
Garcia and Zayas put on a show for sure and what made it one to be talked about were those in attendance as they were truly into each moment that happened.
There was the hush of the crowd whenever Garcia was able to land a significant blow to the favorite Zayas and the roar of the crowd when Zayas countered.
For sure the fans showed out and that was felt by both Garcia and Zayas as they put all of themselves into the action.
At the end of the night, it was win #22 for the 22-year-old Zayas that won him the WBO jr. Middleweight World Title.
It is going to be fascinating to see how this night of fights compares with some of the others that Top Rank has put together.
For sure the future is going to be a bright one for all involved with the company as there were many that were able to show why they are going to be the ones to watch in the sport.
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