Shakur Stevenson made his first successful defense of his WBC lightweight title at the Prudential Center in Newark, Recent Jersey, winning a decisive decision over Artem Harutyunyan.

Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) entered the fight as a three-division world champion, having won the vacant WBC title in his last fight, a stunning victory over Edwin De Los Santos last November in Las Vegas. Harutyunyan (12-2, 7 KOs) was coming off a narrow points loss to Frank Martin last July.

The fight was never intended to boost Stevenson’s credibility, and that was proven when he spent the first two rounds sizing up his opponent, never looking like he was in trouble.

The champion used his hand speed to good effect and gradually reviewed his repertoire as the fight wore on, the sixth saw the guy land a few shots to the head, while a body shot seemed to bother the German.

By the eighth second, the 27-year-old southpaw was in complete control, pushing his rival away, and in the ninth he again worked the body effectively.

Harutyunyan felt the fight slipping out of his hands and started attacking belatedly, which somewhat offset Stevenson’s attack, but the hosts maintained control until the final bell, where the result was a formality.

Scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 116-112 ensured Stevenson retained his title and the Newark native became the champion free promotional agent following the screw.

“It’s difficult to prove it unless you have a fighter who wants to fight,” Stevenson said. ESPN after the fight.

“He’s just trying to make sure he survives.

“He’s a good fighter. He’s tough. He’s robust. I wish he would try harder, it would make the fight more engaging.

“I need to cut the ring a little more. It went one way, then the other, so I need to get back in the gym and work on cutting the gym off.

Conceicao is the world champion

Robson Conceicao became the up-to-date WBC super featherweight world champion in a key support role when the Brazilian was coming off a split decision loss to O’Shaquie Foster.

Conceicao (19-2-1, 9 KOs) had failed in his three previous attempts to win a world title, but seemed very joyful to get the nod here in an unforgettable event.

Foster (22-3, 12 KOs) seemed to have done enough to retain his belt after such a close fight, but the judges disagreed and scores of 116-112 and 115-113 gave Conceicao the win, with a 116-116-112 decision dismissing the American.

Davis overtook Madueno

Keyshawn Davis (11-0, 7 KOs) defended his WBC USA, IBF USBA and WBO Intercontinental lightweight titles with a dominant decision over Miguel Madueno (31-3, 28 KOs).

Three scores of 99-91 won the competition for the man from Virginia.

Remaining Undercard

In the super featherweight division, Eridson Garcia also picked up a victory, defeating William Foster III (17-2, 11 KOs).

Two scores of 98-92 and the third 99-91 gave the victory to Garcia (19-1, 12 KO).

Over the course of eight rounds, Kelvin Davis (13-0, 7 KOs) defeated Kevin Johnson (12-4, 8 KOs) by majority decision in the welterweight division, while rising lightweight contender Abdullah Mason (14-0, 12 KOs) scored a third-round victory over Luis LeBron (20-6-1, 13 KOs).

Heavyweight prospect Ali Feliz (3-0, 2 KOs) fought all four rounds against Robinson Perez (2-1), while featherweight newcomer Keith Colon (1-0, 1 KO) stopped Hunter Turbyfill (4-2, 1 KO) in the second round of their contest.

The Skydome in Coventry hosted the championship action, with the Boxxer card topping the promoted card, Sam Eggington won the vacant IBO super welterweight title after a wide points victory over the previously undefeated Pole, Przemysław Zysk.

Eggington (32-7, KO18) was unbeaten in three meetings, with his last victory being a thrilling split decision victory over Bilel Jkitou last September, while Zysk (18-1, KO6) earned his first ten-round win in a victory over Juan Ruiz in November 2021.

Eggington worked his opponent unnecessarily challenging, but the Midlander rarely gets into a tedious fight and always finds a way to get involved. After two great first rounds, Eggington settled into a rhythm and eventually won by two scores of 119-109 and in the third 117-111.

Adam Azim (5-0, KO4) wasted no time in winning the vacant WBC Youth Intercontinental super lightweight title, defeating the Belgian Anthony Loffett (8-2, KO2) in the round. The 19-year-old dropped the guy with a slashing right hand inside the first thirty seconds, and although Loffet got the count down, he came under massive fire after the restart, and his corner kick ended in a draw.

The vacant English middleweight title was won by: Tyler Denny (14-2-3, KO0), setting the record for an undefeated team Wilson Bent River (12-1-1, KO5) after winning by split decision. The two met in November of last year when the contest was called a technical draw, but it was Denny’s attempt that won by scores of 97-93 and 96-93, with Wilson Bent’s 96-94 verdict being unnecessary.

2020 Olympic Bronze Medalist Karriss Artingstall (1-0, KO0) won every sixth round against Vaida Masiokaite (2-17-5, KO1) in the featherweight division.

Cory Gibbs (17-0, KO3) remained undefeated, winning 79-73 after eight rounds in the super lightweight division against Carlos Perez (17-7-2, KO2), being in the middleweight division, Aaron McKenna (15-0, KO8) stopped David Benitez (8-7, KO2) in seven.

Kaisee Benjamin (16-1-1, KO6) won the welterweight title 60-55 over six rounds against Serge Ambomo (7-31-3, KO3) and Shaquille Thompson (8-0, KO5) fought each other in every sixth round in the middleweight division Bartosz Głowacki (5-9-1, KO4).

Recent winner of the Boxxer tournament Dylan Cheema (6-0, KO1) won 39-37 Stu Greener (4-9, KO1) in four rounds in the lightweight and Scott Forrest (2-0, KO2) improved his record by stopping Toni Visic (20-33-2, KO5) after the fourth round in the cruiserweight division.

Mairis Briedis went to the Gold Coast Convention Center in Australia and found that a tardy start is high-priced, as Jai Opetaia became the fresh IBF cruiserweight champion with a bold points victory.

Briedis (28-2, KO20) became the consensus number one cruiserweight and a three-time world champion, after previously also holding the WBC and WBO titles. The Latvian won the IBF crown, along with the Muhammad Ali Trophy, in September 2020 with a majority nod against Yuniel Dorticos, and his only loss came via a hard-fought majority decision to Oleksandr Usyk in January 2018. Opetaia (22-0, KO17) passed his biggest test as IBF regional champion and failed to match his opponent’s elite level.

It was a steady opening round for both, with little action, but the champion was cut over the right eye. Opetaia was in good spirits and boxing well from range, landing an eye-catching combination in the second round, and the pair opened up in the third. Opetaia gained the upper hand in the exchanges, but it was Mairis Briedis who finished strongly, landing a couple of neat punches behind schedule in the round.

The fighter proved to be in inspired form, hurting Briedis in the fourth quarter with a volley of punches, and a massive uppercut badly damaged Mairis Briedis’ nose as he was battered, and further punishment was meted out in the fifth round.

Opetaia showed no signs of slowing down, but Briedis dug deep into a respectable seventh and eighth. Opetaia regained control in the ninth period when Briedis was forced to take more risks, but the champion uncorked a powerful right hand that rocked Opetaia in round ten and the home favourite did well to end the session. Jai Opetaia showed plenty of heart despite the pain of a suspected broken jaw and grimly held on for the final bell of this epic.

Two scores of 116-112 and a third of 115-113 confirmed that Jai Opetaia was the fresh world champion.

Conor Wallace (9-1, KO6) won the vacant IBF Pan Pacific featherlight heavyweight title and the WBA Oceana belt after winning a split decision over the world ranking Faris Chevalier (13-2, KO7). A 96-94 score for Chevalier was rightly overturned by two 98-92 verdicts for Wallace.

In a stormy case, Koen Mazoudier (10-2, KO4) became Ocean’s fresh WBA super welterweight title for the second time, winning by split decision Joel Camilleri (22-8-1, KO10)The two met last November, with Mazoudier winning an eight-round split decision and this time winning by scores of 99-92 and 98-92, while the third judge somehow scored it 96-95 in Camileri’s favor.

In the middleweight Isaac Hardman (13-1, KO11) flattened Beau Hartas (6-2, KO4) in the first round, winning a devastating knockout victory.

Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist David Nyika (4-0, KO3) remained undefeated, winning in the second round in the cruiserweight division Louis Marsters (1-3, KO1).

Taylah Robertson (6-1, KO2) impressed, and Brisbane resident stopped Venezuela Yoselin Fernandez (11-3, KO5) in the tenth and final round of the super flyweight contest for the IBF Youth title.

In the featherweight Dana Coolwell (8-2, KO6) arrested Lorenz Ladrada (11-3-1, KO3) with a body shot in the fourth of eight rounds, and Miles Zelewski (11-2, KO9) arrested Shiva Mishra (8-6, KO5) in the sixth and final round.