01/07/2025
Keyshawn Davis hopes to leave with more than a box of chocolates for this Valentine’s Day.
Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank Boxing
Madison Square Garden’s Theater will be the epicenter of love, war and a huge night of boxing action on Friday, February 14, as WBO Lightweight Champion Denys Berinchyk (19-0, 9 KOs) makes the first defense of his title against undefeated star Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) in an ESPN-televised main event. Davis, the pride of Norfolk, Virginia, seeks to dethrone the gritty Ukrainian champion.
Berinchyk, a former Ukrainian amateur standout, captured the WBO title in May with a gritty split decision victory over Emanuel Navarrete.
Davis, heralded as one of America’s brightest talents, aims to seize his first world title.
Photo Credit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank Boxing
The tripleheader card also features a 10-round junior middleweight co-feature, where Puerto Rican sensation Xander Zayas (20-0, 12 KOs) faces unbeaten German standout Slawa Spomer (20-0, 11 KOs). In the televised opener, New Jersey’s Vito “White Magic” Mielnicki Jr. (20-1, 12 KOs) steps up to middleweight to take on world-ranked Irishman Connor “The Kid” Coyle (21-0, 9 KOs).
In the ESPN+ preliminary portion of the event, welterweight contender Rohan Polanco (14-0, 9 KOs) takes on Jean Carlos Torres (22-1, 17 KOs) in a battle of Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico. Rising star Abdullah Mason (16-0, 14 KOs) faces former Rolly Romero opponent Manuel Jaimes (16-2-1, 11 KOs) in an eight-rounder. Cleveland’s Tiger Johnson (14-0, 6 KOs) will face Cincinnati native Quashawn Toler (17-3, 12 KOs) in a battle for Ohio supremacy. Nico Ali Walsh (11-1, 5 KOs) will also appear on the card.
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