Xander Zayas Crowned Super Welterweight Champion at 22

Xander Zayas (22-0, 13 KOs) is now boxing’s youngest active world champion with a unanimous decision win over Jorge Garcia (33-5, 26 KOs).

Scores for their bout were 119-109, 118-110, and 116-112. With the victory, Zayas is now the WBO super welterweight world champion at just 22 years old. The vacant title was put at stake for this clash after Sebastian Fundora opted to rematch Tim Tszyu instead of making a defence against Zayas.

The bout headlined a Top Rank card – done in association with Zanfer Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions – at The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY. Fight fans in the United States could catch the action live on ESPN, ESPN+, and ESPN Deportes. Those in Canada were able to do so with TSN.

Xander Zayas Crowned Super Welterweight Champion at 22

Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia Fight Recap

Garcia’s strategy over 12 rounds was to come forward in order to land his shots. However, Zayas dealt with this by staying on the back foot which helped him to keep the fight mostly at range. This was where the Puerto Rican did his best work. Although he still got hit clean with hard hooks from his opponent, Zayas was able to take the punches well and continued outboxing Garcia.

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Whenever Garcia was able to close the distance, Zayas clinched to avoid taking further damage. Despite the Mexican’s best efforts, he was unable to impose his style. Zayas was in control for almost the entire fight. By keeping things at range he had little difficulty in landing his shots and did enough to win wide on the judges scorecards.

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Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia Undercard Results

Bruce Carrington (16-0, 9 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Mateus Heita (14-1, 9 KOs). Scores for their 12-round featherweight bout were 120-108 and 119-109 (x2).

Emiliano Vargas (15-0, 13 KOs) won via first round knockout against Alexander Espinoza (20-4-1, 9 KOs). The official time of stoppage for this eight-round super lightweight fight was 0:42. A straight right hand from Vargas sent his opponent down just 35 seconds after the round began. Espinoza was unable to get up and the fight was waved off.

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Rohan Polanco (17-0, 10 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Quinton Randall (15-3-1, 3 KOs). Scores for their 10-round welterweight clash were 100-90, 99-91, and 97-93.

Juanma López de Jesús (3-0, 2 KOs) won via second round technical knockout against Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez (5-3, 4 KOs). The official time of stoppage for their four-round super flyweight contest was 1:14. Gonzalez-Sanchez was knocked down in the first from a left hook. Though he got up, he was soon sent to the canvas again from a barrage of punches. In round two, referee Shada Murdaugh put an end to proceedings after Gonzalez-Sanchez slip.

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Yan Santana (15-0, 12 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Aaron Alameda (30-3, 17 KOs). Scores for their 10-round featherweight bout were 100-90 across the board.

Steven Navarro (7-0, 5 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Cristopher Rios (11-3, 7 KOs). Scores for their eight-round super flyweight clash were 77-75 across the board.

Julius Ballo (1-0, 0 KOs) won a unanimous decision against Brandan Ayala (2-1, 1 KOs). Scores for their four-round lightweight fight were 40-36 across the board.