PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Welterweight Taras Shelestyuk (18-0, 10 KO) won by unanimous decision after 10 rounds against Luis Alberto Veron (18-2-2, 9 KO) of Argentina on January 31 at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, La.
The Ukrainian sustained a cut in the second half of the fight after the two bumped heads in the fifth round, but Shelestyuk comfortably beat his opponent, keeping the Argentine at bay with his jab. Shelestyuk landed a huge left hand with 25 seconds remaining in the fifth.