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STORY & PHOTOS BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This past weekend, Top Rank Boxing stepped inside the Theater at Madison Square Garden with a showcase of talented boxers on an eight fight card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first fight, Brandan Ayala took on Julius Ballo who made his pro debut in a 4 round lightweight fight, where the young upstart scored an upset this match by decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a fight for the Junior Bantamweight title, Steve Navarro stayed undefeated after beating now 11-3 Cristopher Rios by unanimous decision. The 3rd fight of the night had Yan Santana defeating Aaron Alameda, who was 30-2 coming in for the vacant Nabo Featherweight title. All three judges gave the win to Santana 100-90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 4th fight of the night this fight was to go 4 rounds for the Junior Bantamweight, in which Juanmita Lopez De Jesus dropped Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez in a 2nd round surprise knockout after two knockdowns in Round 1. The next fight had Rohan Polanco beating Quinton Randall for the WBO intercontinental Welterweight crown. Polanco remains undefeated at 17-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Fight #6, undefeated Emiliano Vargas scored a vicious KO on Alexander Espinoza in less than a minute in a super lightweight fight. The next fight had Brooklyn\u2019s 15-0 Bruce Carrington win a 12-round WBC interim Featherweight World Title bout over Mateus Heita by unanimous decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, in the main event of the night it was a battle of Mexico and Puerto Rico, with two great fighters going the distance for 12 rounds. Jorge Garcia came in at 33-4 against 21-0 Xander Zayas for the vacant WBO Junior Middleweight World Title. At the end, it was Xander Zayas winning the crown in front of a sellout crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clash between Zayas and Garcia was the last one on ESPN, as Top Rank\u2019s deal with the network has come to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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