VERONA, NEW YORK - The co-main event saw two Super Featherweights - former WBA Featherweight and Super Featherweight World Champion Nicolas "Axe Man" Walters (26-0-1, 21 KOs) and Jason Sosa (18-1-4, 14 KOs) -- wage a superb battle with both fighters landing tremendous sharp, accurate shots throughout the fight. While Sosa won the fight on one of the judge's cards, the fight was ruled a draw as the two other judges had the fight even.
"I am in total shock. I was never in any danger, never hurt," Walters said. "[Sosa] is a good fighter -- the kind of fight I wanted -- but I thought I won all the rounds. So surprised this happened to me."
"I thought I won and am disappointed it was a draw," Sosa said. "I worked hard, I really thought I won the fight."
In the HBO Latino Boxing main event light heavyweight Vyacheslav "Lion Heart - Chigonsky" Shabranskyy (15-0, 12 KOs) kept his undefeated record intact slugging out a majority decision over Yuneski Gonzalez (16-2, 12 KOs) in an action-packed brawl that saw both fighters land huge shots throughout the fight.
"This fight was the most important and most exciting fight of my career," said Shabranskyy. I did feel a lot of Gonzalez' punches but I also feel like I hurt him -- especially in the last round, he was beginning to sway. If I had a little more time I feel I would have knocked him out."
"I knew that this was going to be a war and that is what we delivered tonight," Gonzalez said. "We both gave it our all and didn't let up. I knew that I needed to knock him out to win this fight but he was more resilient than I thought and didn't open up enough for the knockout to happened. I did know the fight was very close and should have been a draw in my opinion. I would like the opportunity to fight him again and prove that I am the better fighter."
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