Zayas vs Teixeira Fight Results: Zayas Earns UD In NYC

On the eve of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, junior middleweight Xander Zayas (19-0, 12 KOs) scored a dominant unanimous decision victory over the crafty former world champion Patrick Teixeira (34-5, 25 KOs). The judges saw this one 100-90, 99-91, and 100-90 for Zayas, who worked through a tough fight.

Zayas began the first round hunting Teixeira and landed a few punches that got Teixeira’s attention right away. Teixeira did mostly feints throughout the round. Teixeira used veteran moves to shift and get better positioning on his shots, while Zayas kept changing the levels of his punches. Although Teixeira shook his head on most of Zayas’ shots, there was a feeling that they started to feel harder.

Both fighters had moments in the third round; however, Zayas landed a right hook on Teixeira’s chest, making him stop and take a deep breath. Zayas’ body shots began to add up, but Teixeira was doing some good veteran shifts that made Zayas think. Teixeira found a home for the left hook in the fourth round as Zayas continued his body attack. Zayas was leaving his right hand down, which allowed the tricky Teixeira to land some clean counter shots.

Teixeira kept landing his left hook in the fifth round on Zayas every time he came charging in. Zayas looked a little frustrated while also being aware of the Teixeira counter shots. In the sixth round, Teixeira, being a southpaw, started to bother Zayas as he got hit with straight left hands and left hooks. Zayas had no answer for them but would later on return with a straight right hand and left hook to the body. Zayas kept applying pressure, and the seventh round was more about his activity as Teixeira took the round off.

Zayas started to pour it on in the eighth round as Teixeira began to show signs of breaking down. As the crowd roared, Zayas landed some big left hooks to the body and straight right hands as Teixeira kept moving back. Zayas landed a right hook that opened a cut over Teixeira’s left eye. After the blood started to run down Teixeira’s face, Zayas took that moment to land a huge right hand that rocked Teixeira. Zayas kept the pressure until the final bell, and Teixeira kept moving to avoid the big punches from Zayas.

Zayas gets the win and the Miguel Cotto award as he continues to make his way up the rankings in the junior middleweight division.

Bruce Carrington Dominates Late & Stops Jose Vivas

Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington (12-0, 8 KOs) showed patience and good vision as he scored an eighth-round stoppage over Jose Enrique Vivas (29-4-1, 25 KOs). Carrington started slow, and it took him a few rounds to get going, but it was all Carrington when he got in rhythm.

Carrington showed great ring awareness as he navigated through the first round. Vivas was swinging a little recklessly towards the end of the round, and Carrington made him pay for it with a left hook to the body and a straight right hand. Vivas increased his volume and had Carrington with the high guard for most of the second round. In the last 20 seconds, Carrington landed a left hook and followed it with another after Vivas reacted to the first hook with wild, wide shots.

Vivas applied a ton of pressure on Carrington, forcing him to keep the high guard in the third round. Carrington was looking for the one shot to counter and could not locate that moment throughout the round. Again, in the final seconds of the round, Carrington landed a hard right hand that caught Vivas’ attention. In the fourth round, Carrington continued to look for the one shot, and in certain exchanges, he did land that eye-catching shot, but Vivas was making things difficult with his pressure and volume.

Carrington continued to punch with Vivas in the fifth round, then landed a right hook to the body, sending Vivas down to the canvas. Although Vivas beat the ten-count, he appeared to be on shaky legs, but he was able to finish the round. In the sixth round, Carrington began to show dominance as Vivas started to bleed from his nose, showing the effects of Carrington’s early combinations.

Carrington started to really take over the fight in the seventh round and focused on a vicious body attack. Towards the end of the round and near the ropes, Carrington landed a straight right hand that sent Vivas down for the second time in the fight. He would beat the count and get saved by the bell once again. In the eighth round, Carrington smelled blood and started to overwhelm Vivas, and with seconds left in the round, the referee stopped the fight, giving Carrington the TKO victory.

Abraham Gonzalez

Abraham Gonzalez is the founder of FightsATW. His journalistic work has been published and used across several platforms to include online, network TV and promotional companies. He is an American Public University alumnus and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). Abraham was the Managing Editor for NYFights, Big Fight Weekend, contributed to FanSidedMMA and ProBoxTV.

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