Dyah Davis scored an upset victory when he won a ten round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Marcus Johnson in Laredo, Texas.
Davis boxed well early as he boxed and moved with precision. Davis landed rights and jabs and was out of range before Johnson could set. Johnson followed Davis around the ring without much success except for spots where he would get his jab in.
Davis all but sewed up the fight in round nine as he landed a right hand to the ribs that sent Johnson to the canvas. Davis wasn’t challenged for the final four plus minutes of the bout and took the bout in the home state of Johnson.
Davis, 169 1/4 lbs of Boca Raton, FL won by scores of 98-91; 98-91 and 96-93 to raise his record to 19-2-1. Johnson, 170 lbs of Houston, TX is now 20-1.
Gabriel Bracero scored an emphatic eight round unanimous decision over former U.S. Olympic alternate Danny O’Connor in a Jr. Welterweight bout.
Bracero dominated the bout simply coming forward and landing combinations that bloodied the nose of O’Connor in round four.
That seemed to discourage O’Connor as Bracero turned up the heat as the rounds went on with less coming back from O’Connor.
Bracero, 140 lbs of Brooklyn, NY won by scores of 80-72; 80-72 and 79-73 to stay undefeated at 15-0. O’Connor, 137 3/4 lbs of Framingham, MA is now 14-1.
Vincent Arroyo scored three knockdowns en route to an eight round majority decision over previously undefeated Willie Nelson in a Welterweight bout.
Despite having an eight inch disadvantage, Arroyo got in the better shots and it was evident early as in round one he buckled Nelson with a good right. In round three, Arroyo was deducted a point for holding but seconds later he more than made up for it by landing a huge left that dropped Nelson for the first time.
Nelson seemed to be getting in rhythm in the middle rounds until he was dropped again in round six from another right and once again in round seven from a hard right hand.
Arroyo, 144 3/4 lbs of Buffalo, NY scored his second consecutive win over an undefeated opponent as he stopped heralded Jeremy Bryan last April and is now 11-1. Nelson. 145 3/4 lbs of Cleveland is now 16-1-1
