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Baranchyk overpowers Smith ,Chinea upsets Sims Jr

In an ugly main event, Ivan “The Beast” Baranchyk overpowered Keenan Smith in a sloppy eight round main event that headlined ShoBox: The Next Generation from Miami, Oklahoma. Baranchyk never listened to his corner as he ran forward with wide, looping and yet powerful shots that kept Smith at bay, but caused a lot of lulls in the action. In the fifth round, the judge took a point from Smith for holding.

The judges saw the bout 80-71, 79-72, 78-73.

Largely unknown super lightweight Ronaldo Chinea (12-1 4KOs) upset former Manny Pacquiao sparring parner Kenneth Sims Jr. (15-1-1 6KOs)  in an eight round fight.

Sims Jr. started outboxing well, but Chinea turned the fight into a war of wills, forcing Sims Jr. on the ropes only to make the bout more of his liking as he imposed his will.

The judges saw the bout 76-76, 77-75, 77-75 for Chinea

Adam Lopez (16-1-2 8KOs) and Glen Dezurn (9-0-1 6KOs) battle to a split draw in a closely contested bout. The bout started oddly as the referee intervened early and often warning Lopez twice for low blows for shots on the beltline. Dezurn was more active and in the third round started to box on the outside, a dimension he had shown previously. The fight seemingly was lost when Dezurn faded in the second half of the eight round fight, but Dezurn dug deep and won the final round of the fight seemingly edging the fight a draw.

The judges scored the bout 77-75 for Lopez, 75-77 for Dezurn and 76-76 making it a draw.

In the television opener, Joshua Greer Jr. gets a sixth round technical knockout over Leroy Davila in a bantamweight bout. Davila was simply outgunned as Greer landed power shots, easily and often. In the fifth, Davila ate a slew of uppercuts,  the corner stopped the bout in between rounds

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